Deep blue dish with carved dragon design, 1522-1566. Artist: Unknown.

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A dark blue monochrome deep dish with carved frontally facing imperial five-clawed dragon design amid clouds in the centre chasing flaming pearl. The cavetto and the reverse have further carved imperial dragons above a false lappet border. The rim is slightly outturned. The piece is covered overall with a dark blue glaze of so-called 'sacrifical blue' colour. The base has a six-character mark of Jiajing in underglaze blue within a double circle and the piece is of the period.

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Size: 5613px × 3562px
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Photo credit: © The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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