* TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE * A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN MAPLE LEAF-SHAPED ‘DRAGON’ TRIPOD DISH, MING DYNASTY, TIANQI PERIOD, 1621 - 1627 明天晵 青花葉型龙纹三足盤 The sloping sides rising to an everted rim, painted to the interior with an animated four-claw dragon chasing a flaming pearl, all below a narrow band of foliage at the rim, all raised on three short feet, Japanese wood box (2) Length: 20.7cm Provenance: Mujintang Collection, purchased in Kyoto 2016. Exhibited: Robert Bradlow Fine Art, Reflecting Nature, 17th Century Chinese Ceramics for the Japanese Market: Kosometsuke & Koake, Catalogue no.5. Condition Report The stand has a 4.5cm hairline rim crack, a 3cm hairline glaze line to the side of the rim, small specs of adhered kiln grit to the interior, and a 1cm diameter area of glaze misfire to the centre of the interior.