A Chinese blue and white reserve-decorated ‘dragon’ dish

Reference: ART1004120

The dish is decorated to the centre with a roundel enclosing the undecorated silhouette of a dragon in reserve on a ground of tumultuous waves, the reverse is decorated with nine undecorated dragons in various positions amongst tumultuous waves below a band of demi-flower heads.

Catalogue note: Compare a dish of similar design formerly in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2016, lot 969.