AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND IRON-RED 'DRAGON' DISH QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

the shallow rounded sides rising from a small slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, finely painted on the interior with a central medallion enclosing an iron-red five-clawed dragon amongst waves painted in contrasting underglaze blue, all within a double line border repeated at the rim, the exterior similarly decorated with nine dragons in various poses in shades of iron red, six-character seal mark in underglaze blue 

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5th November 1996, lot 789 (part). 

There is a burst bubble to the rim, otherwise the dish is in overall good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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A closely related example was included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition The Arts of the Ch’ing Dynasty, London, 1964, cat. no. 235; and another was exhibited in Ch’ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1973, cat. no. 70; and a dish from the Brigadier H. Campbell and Gerald M. Greenwald collections was sold in our London rooms,  26th June 1973, lot 323, again in our Hong Kong rooms, 20th/21st May 1980, lot 221, and a third time at Christie’s New York, 24th March 2011, lot 1784. Compare also similar dishes sold in our Hong Kong rooms, a pair, 7th May 2002, lot 602, a single, 27th October 1992, lot 83, and again, 25th April 2004, lot 311 and another pair 8th October 2013, lot 3052 and a single in our Paris rooms 12th December 2013, lot 174.