A yellow-ground green-enameled 'Dragon' foliate dish, Qianlong seal mark and period. Photo Sotheby's
enameled in the center with a five-clawed front-facing dragon leaping around a 'flaming pearl', below two further dragons at similar pursuit amidst flower sprigs in the well, the exterior with eight detached sprigs, all in green reserved on a yellow ground, seal mark in underglaze blue. Diameter 5 1/4 in., 13.2 cm. Estimation 8,000 — 10,000 USD
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM - www.sothebys.com