A CHINESE IMPERIAL GREEN-ENAMELLED YELLOW-GROUND 'DRAGON' DISH

SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

The interior decorated with a medallion to the centre, enclosing a front-faced five-clawed dragon, leaping towards a flaming pearl, encircled by two further dragons striding in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst flower sprigs, the exterior similarly decorated, the scalloped rim outlined in black, 13.2cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Henry Mark Darlow, d.2018.

Cf. S Marchant & Son, Exhibition of Qing Mark and Period Monochrome and Two-Coloured Wares, 1992, no.44 for a similar dish.