A PAIR OF FINE IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE 'DRAGON' DISHES, QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD

A PAIR OF FINE IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE 'DRAGON' DISHES

QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD

清乾隆 青花礬紅彩海水龍紋盤一對 《大清乾隆年製》款



each with shallow rounded sides rising from a small slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, the interior finely painted with a central medallion enclosing an iron-red five-clawed dragon among waves of contrasting underglaze blue, all within a double-line border repeated at the rim, the exterior similarly decorated with nine dragons in various spirited poses in shades of iron red, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue (2)

Diameter 6⅞ in., 17.5 cm