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Jar with Dragons Pursuing Flaming Jewels

Date: 1522–66
Medium: procelain with wucai (five color) overglaze enamel decoration
Culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Jiajing mark and reign (1522-66)
Department: Chinese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

The exterior of this jar is ornamented with two rampant five-clawed dragons boldly drawn in rouge de fer . The dragons are in pursuit of the sacred jewel amid cloud scrolls in green and yellow, flanked at the top and bottom with broad registers of cloud scrolls and gadroons. The underfoot is glazed and bears a six-character nianhao in the form of a vertical mark reading "Daming Jiajing nianzhi," enclosed in double rings in underglaze cobalt blue. The interior is glazed white porcelain.

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