A set of six yellow-ground green and aubergine-enamelled 'dragon' saucers,


Guangxu six-character marks and of the periodEach dish finely incised on the interior with a medallion depicting two dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl, surrounded by six floral sprays around the rim, the exterior painted with a second pair of green and aubergine dragons, all reserved on a rich egg-yolk ground, the base with the six-character mark in aubergine, fitted box.Each 10.8cm (4 2/8in) diam. (7).
|清光緒 黃地素三彩雙龍戲珠紋盤六只 青花「大清光緒年製」楷書款Provenance: a European private collection, purchased in Beijing circa 1930來源：歐洲私人收藏，約二十世紀三十年代購於北京A related yellow-ground dragon saucer-dish of very similar motif, but Daoguang seal mark and of the period, is illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Hong Kong, 1983, p.78, no.61.