A BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISH MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI

with low rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the interior painted to the centre with a pair of five-clawed dragons striding in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' around a shou character roundel, incised with foaming crested waves, the exterior decorated with a further nine dragons, one in full-frontal position, the others prancing around and captured in various poses, similarly incised with rolling waves, inscribed on the base with the six-character mark within a double-circle