1-234-463 - The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images

Iron red dragon dish, Qing dynasty, China, 1662-1722. Large iron red enamel dish decorated in the centre with a pair of five-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl. There is also a similarly decorated wide band with four five-clawed dragons all on a flame pattern background. The base has a channelled double footrim and a six-character Kangxi mark in two horizontal lines of three characters each in underglaze blue. The dish is of the period.