清道光 黃地綠彩龍紋花口小盤 《大清道光年製》款

with shallow rounded side rising from a short foot to a barbed rim, finely incised on the interior with a medallion enclosing a dragon writhing sinuously next to a 'flaming pearl', surrounded by two further dragons chasing a pearl around the cavetto and repeated on the underside, all enamelled in green on a rich yellow ground, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark

The overall condition is very good except for some surface scratches and a few stained pinholes to the interior. The unglazed footring has possibly been slightly polished.
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