清嘉慶 青花「趕珠雲龍」圖盤口盌 《大清嘉慶年製》款

of ogee-form resting on a straight foot, the rounded waisted sides rising to an upturned rim, brightly decorated around the exterior with two fanciful dragons striding among clouds, with muscular limbs and five outstretched claws, their powerful scaly bodies emitting flames, one turning its head looking backward toward the other behind him, all between double lines at the rim and foot, the interior centred with a medallion enclosing a similar dragon writhing among flames, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue

A private Japanese collection.

There are three minute chips and a 7 mm flake restored to the rim, but the overall condition is quite good.
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