A blue and white 'Dragon' dish, Qianlong seal mark and period, with shallow rounded sides, the interior painted with a sinuous five-clawed dragon pursuing a flaming pearl among scattered flames, within a double line border repeated around the lipped rim, the underside with two further dragons and pearls among flames, inscribed to the base with a six-character reign mark 16.9 cm Exhibited ceramic Society of Australia, 1951, Chinese Exhibition, cat.