A FINE DOUCAI 'DRAGON' DISH MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG

thinly potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a straight foot, painted in bright enamels within an underglaze-blue outline, depicting on the interior a central medallion enclosing a five-clawed dragon writhing amongst cloud scrolls, its arm extended reaching for a flaming pearl, all encircled by clusters of multi-coloured cloud scrolls, the exterior with cresting and foaming tumultuous waves below further cloud scrolls, inscribed to the base with a six-character reign mark within a double circle
17.1 cm, 6 3/4 in.

Provenance:
Christie’s Hong Kong, 8th October 1990, lot 505.