A FINE AND RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISH

SIX CHARACTER KANGXI MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD 1662-1722

The shallow body decorated with a single confronting scaly dragon amidst wisps of fire with a shou character in his claws, surrounded with a border of rosette diaper at the rim, 21cm.

Cf. Qing Shunzhi Kangxi Chao Qinghua Ci, p.167, no.95 for a similar example in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing.