A BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON AND LINGZHI' DISH Wanli six-character mark and of the period With shallow rounded sides rising from a short slightly tapered foot to a flared edge, the interior symmetrically spaced with three lingzhi clouds scrolls within a double circle, the exterior with two striding five-clawed dragons in mutual pursuit of flaming pearls amid clouds, Japanese wood box. 17.7cm (7in) diam. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明萬曆 青花雙龍趕珠紋盤 青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書款 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2013, no.32 出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，「夏季展覽」，倫敦，2013年，編號32 Similar dishes were produced throughout the whole Ming dynasty. See a related Xuande example illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, pp.137-138, nos.4:34 and 4:35; see another example illustrated by J.G.Lee, An Exhibition of Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, no.65; for later Hongzhi example, see Emerald-like blue hue Rises: Chinese Ceramics donated by the K.S.Lo Foundation, Hong Kong, 1995, pp.68-69; and for Zhengde examples, see Gems of Chinese Art: Selections of Ceramics and Bronzes from the Tsui Art Foundation, Hong Kong, 1992, no.82; and another example illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.II, London, no.687. Compare with a similar blue and white 'three-clouds and dragon' dish, Wanli mark and of the period, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 May 2014, lot 609. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com