19th century, the first a very fine small dish with seated lady in an outdoor landscape watching a child dancing, exterior sides with four of the Eight Treasure symbols, four character mark to the underside in two blue rings, and the second a small dish with central medallion containing a frontal facing five-clawed dragon amidst a clouds and a flaming pearl, surrounded by a band with auspicious fruits, exterior sides hand painted with bats, underside with a six character Guangxu period mark.

Largest 3/4 in.; 4 in. diameter

Private Collection, New London, North Carolina

Plate illustrated in Allen's Authentication of Later Chinese Porcelain, p. 76.

Figural dish with some rim chips; dragon dish with a chip to the foot rim; not examined under UV blacklight.