A FINE AND RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND IRON-RED 'DRAGON' DISH MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI the shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a gently flared rim, brightly decorated in underglaze blue against a contrasting iron-red ground, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a five-clawed dragon writhing above a tempestuous sea, its mouth wide open and its powerful scaly body issuing flames, the undulating waves detailed with deeper red striations, the foaming crests reserved in white and shaded in a paler red, all within blue double lines repeated at the rim, the inner walls left white, the outside decorated with three similar blue dragons striding above red crested waves, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double ring in underglaze blue 18.2 cm., 7 1/8 in.
A FINE AND RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND IRON-RED 'DRAGON' DISH MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI the shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a gently flared rim, brightly decorated in underglaze blue against a contrasting iron-red ground, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a five-clawed dragon writhing above a tempestuous sea, its mouth wide open and its powerful scaly body issuing flames, the undulating waves detailed with deeper red striations, the foaming crests reserved in white and shaded in a paler red, all within blue double lines repeated at the rim, the inner walls left white, the outside decorated with three similar blue dragons striding above red crested waves, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double ring in underglaze blue 18.2 cm., 7 1/8 in.
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