Wucai Dragon Bowl with Wanli Mark

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A Wucai 'Dragon' bowl, the rounded sides painted on the exterior with two dragons pursuing flaming pearls among scattered clouds and flames, above a band of wave splashed rocks, the interior with a central dragon medallion within double line borders, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with an apocryphal six-character mark of Wanli, 15.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 27 October 2015, lot 31

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