Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF ENAMELLED DISHES, A PAIR OF DOUCAI BOWLS AND COVERS AND A 'DRAGON' SAUCER-DISH, the dishes with shallow rounded sides, enamelled with two striding five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst clouds around a central shou character within waves, the reverse with bats (one cracked), 21.7cm. diam., iron-red Guangxu six-character marks and of the period; the bowls with deep slightly flaring sides, painted and enamelled around the exterior with a stylised composite floral meander, the shallow domed covers similarly decorated, iron-red Shen de tang four-character marks, 19th Century; the saucer-dish painted in underglaze-blue and enamelled in iron-red with a five-clawed dragon among clouds, the reverse with two dragons chasing flaming pearls, iron-red six-character hall mark 16cm. diam., 19th Century (5)