Bidspirit auction | A Chinese Blue and White


A Chinese Blue and White 'Dragon' Dish, Yongzheng Mark. - A Chinese blue and white porcelain dish, bearing an underglaze blue six-character Yongzheng reign mark within a double circle to the base, and of the period. The shallow, circular dish is decorated to the interior with two five-clawed dragons amidst stylized clouds, confronting a central flaming pearl or trident-like motif. The interior rim features a geometric pattern. The exterior wall is decorated with a continuous frieze of flying cranes among clouds. D: Approximately 19.7cm Provenance: Private collection based in West London.