Decorated with two dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations. The reverse rim also decorated with five clawed dragons chasing the pearl. Underglaze blue mark. Diameter 15,3 cm.
Wear.
Swedish private collection.
Compare dish in The Oriental Ceramic Society, China without Dragons: Rare pieces from Oriental Ceramics Society Members. Page 287.
Adrian M. Joseph; Ming porcelains. Their Origins and Development, London 1971, pl 80. Also from the Pilkington Collection.
L Reidemeister, Ming-Porzzellane in Schwedishen Sammlungen, Berlin, 1935, pl. 32. Compare dish in this colour in the Collections of A Lundgren and Hans Öström.