Of deep flaring sided indented with ten petals rising to a slightly everted rim, the interior with a fahua decorated scaly dragon in turquoise enamel on a yellow ground, the interior and exterior sides covered with deep copper-red enamel with a sacrificial-red glaze of crushed strawberry tone suffused with subtle darker mottling, the glaze thinning to a translucent tone at the rim and raised flutes, the base inscribed with a calligraphy written in under-glazed blue enamel, 7.7 inch wide. Provenance: From a private Virginia estate