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Dish with dragons and phoenixes

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Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware), Qing dynasty (1644–1911) Kangxi mark and period (1662–1722), China
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of Edward G. Kennedy 1932
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Title: Dish with dragons and phoenixes
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Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware), Qing dynasty (1644–1911) Kangxi mark and period (1662–1722), China.

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