A BLUE AND WHITE AND IRON-RED 'DRAGON' DISH, QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

A BLUE AND WHITE AND IRON-RED 'DRAGON' DISH 

QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

清乾隆 青花礬紅彩海水龍紋盤 《大清乾隆年製》款



the shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot to a flared rim, the interior with a central medallion enclosing an iron-red scaly five-clawed dragon soaring against a ground of tempestuous waves rendered in underglaze blue, the exterior decorated with nine iron-red dragons against underglaze-blue waves below a band of stylized florets and scrollwork encircling the rim, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark

Diameter 6⅞ in., 17.7 cm