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Description A Chinese red lacquer dish with carved decoration of a dragon holding up the Chinese character meaning "divine majesty" or "imperial majesty", while Chinese characters on the right and left mean "to add" or "to support", meaning either the ministers of the emperor or the dragon featured on the dish holding up the central character. This dish was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), dated to the reign of the Jiajing Emperor (1521–1567).
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