Yellow saucer with dragons in green enamel, Zhengde period, Ming dynasty, China, 1506-1521. Artist: Unknown

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Yellow saucer with dragons in green enamel, Zhengde period, Ming dynasty, China, 1506-1521. A porcelain saucer dish with slightly everted rim. The exterior is decorated with two incised dragons amid clouds in pursuit of flaming pearls in green enamel on a yellow ground. The use of imperial yellow porcelain with green dragons as here was confined to first rank of concubines.

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Photo credit: © The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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