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A FINE LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' BOWL
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE-CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Thinly potted with rounded flaring sides, painted with cobalt of deep blue tone with a vibrant design of four pairs of ascending and descending five-claw dragons, above a ruyi band, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a sinuous dragon coiled around a 'flaming pearl', all within double line borders
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) diam., box
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE-CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Thinly potted with rounded flaring sides, painted with cobalt of deep blue tone with a vibrant design of four pairs of ascending and descending five-claw dragons, above a ruyi band, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a sinuous dragon coiled around a 'flaming pearl', all within double line borders
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) diam., box