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Octagonal Covered Jar with Decoration of Dragons, Clouds, and Waves

Octagonal Covered Jar with Decoration of Dragons, Clouds, and Waves

Japanese

Imitation Wanli, "wucai" type ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Meiji era, 1868-1912

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