Cylindrical Brush Handle with Decoration of a Dragon Pursuing a Flaming Jewel above Mountains and Waves

Chinese

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within double bowstring lines at the end of the handle

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644