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  1. Bowl with Pair of Dragons
  2. Playing with a Pearl, in 
  3. Underglaze Red
  4. Hsuan-te period (A.D. 1426-
  5. 1435)
  6. Ming Dynasty
  7. Height                    9.6cm
  8. Diameter of mouth 20.8cm
  9.      Due to progress in
  10. controlling the firing 
  11. technique, underglaze red 
  12. ware of this period achieves 
  13. a pure bright red. Production
  14. of red porcelain benefitted 
  15. from these temperature 
  16. control techniques into the 
  17. Ch'ing period.