A wucai 'dragon' bowl mark of Wanli the steeply rounded sides with lipped rim springing from a short tapered foot, the interior with a central medallion of a phoenix in underglaze blue, the exterior painted in underglaze blue, yellow and green enamels and iron-red with two dragons pursuing flaming pearls between double line borders, six-character mark within a double circle in underglaze blue 11 cm diameter