A pair of cobalt blue 'Dragon' plates, six-character Qianlong mark to the base, and of the period, Flaring mouth rim and short foot rim, gilded in the centre a ferocious full-faced dragon, entwining a central 'Flaming Pearl' amid a scatter of flames, all within a gilded ring, the back painted in overglaze red with bamboo branches, mouth and foot rims gilded with brown glaze. 15.6 cm diameter. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis (sticker)