明嘉靖 白釉暗花雲龍紋罐 《大明嘉靖年製》款

potted with a baluster body surmounted by a short neck and lipped mouthrim, the body incised with two pairs of dragons with sinuous scaly bodies amidst flaming wisps and ruyi-shaped cloud scrolls, between delicate ruyi scrolls and a band of upright plantain leaves bordering the neck and foot respectively, applied overall save for the footring with a transparent glaze, the countersunk base similarly incised beneath the glaze with a six-character reign mark within a double-circle 

There is wear to the shoulder, neck and mouthrim. There are also kiln chips to around half of the footring.
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