A rare blue and white 'dragon' dish


Kangxi six-character mark and of the periodFinely painted in vibrant tones of cobalt-blue with a single large ferocious full-faced dragon clasping a pearl with a shou character, all amidst fire scrolls, the rim with a honey-comb diaper band. 21cm (8 1/4in) diam.
|清康熙 青花雲龍捧壽紋盤青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Compare with a similar blue and white 'dragon' dish, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, in the Palace Museum Beijing illustrated in Qing Shunzhi Kangxi chao Qinghuaci, Beijing, 2005, p.167, no.95.