A LARGE IRON-RED AND GILT ‘DRAGONS’ DISH, GUANGXU MARK AND PERIODChina, 1875-1908. Nicely potted with rounded sides and finely painted in iron red and gilt with two confronting dragons amid ruyi-shaped clouds and flames chasing a pearl, the dragons' eyes dotted in black on an opaque white enamel ground also used to depict their fangs and claws. The design repeated along the exterior walls. The recessed base with an iron-red six-character markda Qing Guangxu nianzhi and of the period.Provenance: From a Swedish private collection. Originally gifted to the previous owner in the 1950s, and thence by descent in the same family.Condition: Magnificent condition with only minimal firing irregularities, little wear to gilt and enamels, minor fritting to foot, and light surface scratches. The gilt remarkably well-preserved!Weight: 1,892 gDimensions: Diameter 34 cmAuction resultparison:Type: Near identicalAuction: Christie’s London, 3 November 2020, lot 184Price: GBP 18,750 or approx.EUR 25,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A large iron-red-decorated 'dragon' dish, Guangxu six-character mark in iron-red and of the periodExpert remark:pare the near identical motif to the interior, and similar size (37 cm). Note the exterior is enameled with four blooms on leafy scrolls.Auction resultparison:Type: Near identicalAuction: Christie’s London, 14 May 2013, lot 281Price: GBP 22,500 or approx.EUR 35,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A pair of iron-red-decorated 'dragon' dishes, Guangxu six-character mark and of the periodExpert remark:pare the near identical motif to the interior and exterior, and the similar size (33.2). Note the lotprises two dishes.光緒款及年代大型礬紅描金雙龍戲珠紋盤中國，1875-1908年。胎骨堅致，白釉潤澤，敞口弧壁，淺腹圈足。通體施白釉，釉面光潤。口沿飾金彩，盤心以礬紅彩繪雙龍戲珠，並以金彩描繪雙龍身軀、雲紋及龍珠。雙龍身形矯健，鬃鬣飛揚，展現威風凜凜之態。外壁繪雙龍趕珠，內外紋飾呈呼應之勢，底部礬紅彩書“大清光緒年製”。