GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER IRON RED MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)

The design of a single, bold dragon exhibited on the present pair of dishes is quite unusual. It is more common to find large iron-red-decorated ‘dragon’ dishes from the Guangxu period decorated with a pair of confronted dragons, such as the example illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, p. 116, no. 115.