A blue and white 'dragon' dish mark of Zhengde, the interior…
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A blue and white 'dragon' dish mark of Zhengde, the interior painted with a dragon among lotus scrolls in a central medallion, encircled by a similar frieze of dragons and lotus around the cavetto, and repeated on the underside, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a four-character mark, 26.5 cm diameter

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  • Frieze - An architectural term denoting the flat, shaped or convex horizontal surface of furniture, between the architrave and the cornice, usually found on a cabinet or bookcase, or on desks and tables where it may include drawers, the area between the top and the legs. In ceramics, the term refers to the banding, of usually a repeating pattern, on the rims of plates and vases.

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