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MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

18.6 cm wide, 4.7 cm high

Detail Description

The square dish is heavily potted and painted in the interior in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and iron-red with a winged dragon amidst flames and clouds, above crested waves. The sides of the interior are painted with a continuous decoration of four fish in a lotus pond. The exterior is painted in the same color scheme with eight cranes flying amidst stylized clouds. The base is decorated in underglaze blue with a hare reserved against a rock with bamboo and lingzhi.