An associated pair of iron-red and underglaze blue "Dragon" Dishes 礬红青花龙纹盘子 或为一对 Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period 乾隆六字款 清 乾隆 Each circular shallow dish with a central reserve depicting a sinuous dragon in iron red with associated flames, against a ground of crashing waves in underglaze blue, the exterior with similar dragons beneath a border of demi-florets, underside with mark in underglaze blue. (Dia: 6 7/8 in (approx))Qty: (2)PROVENANCE: Collection of William Deering Porter (1847-1904)Thence by descent to the present owners Footnote: NOTE: For other examples of related dishes in this pattern, see the dish sold at Christie's New York, September 14, 2011, lot 1570; another, formerly in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, sold at Christie's, New York, September 14, 2016, lot 975; Another, the Property of Marchant, sold Christie's, New York, March 22, 2018, lot 788; and another, sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, May 30, 2018, lot 530.