A Fine Blue-Ground Yellow-Enamelled Dish Mark and Period of Qianlong

the shallow dish with curved sides rising from a tapered foot, the interior central well enamelled in yellow with a ferocious five-clawed dragon chasing a 'flaming pearl' among scrolling clouds, the same motif repeated concentrically with a pair of dragons around the well and along the exterior, the latter above scrolling lappets, all against a rich blue ground, the mouth with a small everted rim, Japanese wood box (2)

Apart from a few faint glaze and enamel scratches on the surface, the overall condition is very good.
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A Qianlong dish of this design in Taiwan was included in the Special Exhibition of Dragon-Motif Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1983, cat.no.76; another from the Scheinman collection in the exhibition Born of Earth and Fire, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1992, cat.no.90.

Compare similar dishes sold at Christie's New York, 23rd March 1995, lot 116; another in the same rooms, 28th March 1996, lot 361; and a third in our Hong Kong rooms, 30th April 1996, lot 528;