Porcelain enamelled bowl ‘Dragons’, with Xuande seal

Glazed porcelain. It is bowl-shaped, with a narrow, flat, circular base, above which rises the deep, curved body, which is widest at the level of the mouth. It is decorated with three consecutive borders. The first, at the height of the base, shows a succession of petals, followed by a large scene in which two fierce five-clawed dragons with scaled bodies fly over a sky of flaming clouds. Finally, a narrow band of natural motifs of waves and spheres is arranged next to the mouth. Inside is a six-character seal ‘大明宣德年制’. 

Height: 12 cm; Diameter: 26.5 cm