Measurements: Height: 5 cm Diam: 33 cm

PROVENANCE: From the Estate of Ronald Gene Arnes (1926-2019) of Chattanooga, Tennessee. A private collector, US Navy World War II Veteran and served in Naval Aviation in Anti-Submarine Warfare, General Motors management for the overseas parts development program.

Chinese Song Dynasty Period, Ding ware Sgrafitto porcelain plate. The plate has a broad wide central interior, rounded mouth rim, raised on correspondence footed ring base slight concave. Warm and uniform pale cream glaze applied to the whole body, only the outer mouth lip is dark brown. Sgrafitto with Imperial dragon are swimming in floating clouds, flame, above lishui waves. Which attracting unceasingly admiration. The clouds and dragon patterns are vivid and have distinctive characteristics of the times.

Over all in EXCELLENT Condition.
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