Lot description
An extremely rare and superb blue and white ‘dragon’ dish Mark and period of Chenghua 明成化 青花雙龍趕珠紋盤 《大明成化年製》款 finely potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to an everted rim, sensitively and delicately painted on the exterior in muted tones of cobalt blue with two sinuous scaly five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst clouds, each flaming pearl rendered in the form of a peach, all between double-line borders encircling the rim and foot 16.3 cm
