Lot Essay
For a similarly painted Kangxi-marked dish, also decorated in green enamel with a dragon chasing a pearl amidst clouds, but on an incised wave ground, see Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Part I, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 93. See, also, the similar Yongzheng-marked dish illustrated in the Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, p. 78, no. 43.