A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGONS' DISH

Qing Dynasty, 19th Century

清十九世紀 青花雙龍戲珠圖紋盤

The shallow dish potted with curved sides and raised on a short foot, painted to the interior with a pair of confronting five-clawed dragons contesting a flaming pearl amidst swirling clouds and fire sprays, enclosed within a border of key fret around the rim, the base with an apocryaphal six-character Kangxi mark

21.5cm diameter

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C.f A related dish, of larger size and lacking a key fret border, was sold at Bonhams Knightsbridge, 18th October 2016, lot 109. A related charger was sold at Christie's New York, 29th Sep 2022, lot 11, and another at Christie's South Kensington, 13th May 2016, lot 663.