https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/28704/fullMantou cup with Dragonca.1522-1566Overall: 5.6 x 15.2 cm (2 3/16 in., 15.2 cm)Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blueThe Robert Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection of Chinese Blue and White PorcelainOrigin: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, ChinaG01.2.90Chinese porcelain shallow bowl, blue and white, 'mantouxin' form with recessed dome base. It has glaze thick with bubbles, and the interior is painted with a central medallion of a coiled five clawed dragon beneath a frieze with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl chased by a phoenix. The reverse frieze has four fish alternating with lotus and aquatic plants.Chinese Ceramics InteractiveChinese Blue and White PorcelainChinese and Japanese Ceramics[]Asian CeramicsChinese Porcelain1825231994ChineseMing dynasty (1368-1644), Jiajing period (1522-1567)Six character 'Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi' (Made in the Jiajing reign of the great Ming dynasty) mark in a double circle