A CHINESE BLUE AND YELLOW 'FIVE DRAGONS' DISH

£1,500 - £2,500 £7,620

A CHINESE BLUE AND YELLOW 'FIVE DRAGONS' DISH
SIX-CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1821-50

Decorated with a five-clawed dragon pursuing a flaming pearl amongst swirling flames and cloud scrolls, with two further dragons to the cavetto; the reverse similarly decorated with two dragons above a band of lotus petal lappets, all in translucent yellow on an underglaze blue wash ground, 25cm.

Cf. Simon Kwan collection, Imperial Porcelain of late Qing from the Kwan Collection, pl.26 for a similar example.

清道光藍地黃彩趕珠龍紋盤
《大清道光年製》