A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN 'DRAGON' DISH
Guangxu mark and of the period
The interior with typical central medallion of a sinuous five-clawed dragon grasping towards a flaming pearl amongst further flames within a double ring that repeats below the flared rim and the exterior walls encircled with two dragons in the same pursuit, the six-character mark on the recessed base written in two vertical rows of standard script.
6 7/16in (16.4cm) diam.
Footnotes:
清光緒 青花趕珠火焰龍紋盤 青花《大清光緒年製》三行楷書款

Provenance:
Lee Seng Tee (b. 1923) Collection, Singapore
Professor Josef (1922-2021) and Marilyn (1930-2021) Silverstein Collection, obtained from the above as a gift during mid 1970s-mid 1980s, and thence by decent

來源:
李成智（Lee Seng Tee）私人收藏，新加坡
Josef Silverstein (1922-2021)教授和Marilyn Cooper Silverstein（1930-2021）伉儷收藏，于1970至1980年代獲贈自上述來源，繼而由後代遞藏

The design on this dish has antecedents in the Qianlong period but continued until the end of the Qing dynasty. Compare this lot to a related one with Qianlong mark and of the period, and of similar measurements, from the Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection at the Brooklyn Museum, accession 2004.28.289; another example with Jiaqing mark and of the period is included in this sale, lot 330.