AN EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' BIRD FEEDER MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE of compressed globular form, the rounded sides rising from a flat base to a slightly raised rim, set with two small circular lugs attached side by side to fit the bars of a birdcage, the exterior decorated in relief with a chilong, with a slender undulating body, a pair of three-clawed feet and a long scrolling bifid tail, the raised area painted with blue details and reserved on a blue-painted ground, the lugs picked out with single blue lines, the dragon turning its head back towards a six-character horizontal reign mark inscribed in a rectangular cartouche below the rim, the interior left white and the base unglazed 7.4 cm., 2 7/8 in.
AN EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' BIRD FEEDER MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE of compressed globular form, the rounded sides rising from a flat base to a slightly raised rim, set with two small circular lugs attached side by side to fit the bars of a birdcage, the exterior decorated in relief with a chilong, with a slender undulating body, a pair of three-clawed feet and a long scrolling bifid tail, the raised area painted with blue details and reserved on a blue-painted ground, the lugs picked out with single blue lines, the dragon turning its head back towards a six-character horizontal reign mark inscribed in a rectangular cartouche below the rim, the interior left white and the base unglazed 7.4 cm., 2 7/8 in.
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