VesselsChinese20th century

Deep Circular Dish with Decoration of a Five-Clawed Dragon Against a Ground of Waves

early 20th century

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Blue-and-white ware

Medium

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with "anhua" decoration painted in white slip on the interior cavetto and with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" on the base

Culture

Chinese

Century

20th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 4.7 x Diam. 18.5 cm (1 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Ex-collection: C.T. Loo & Co., New York

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