A YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' SAUCER-DISH Qianlong seal mark and of the period The rounded sides supported on a short foot, the exterior decorated with a pair of green five-clawed dragons on a yellow ground, divided by flaming pearls emerging from billowing cloud scrolls, the base glazed white and inscribed with a six-character Qianlong mark in cobalt-blue. 18.5cm (7 1/4in) diam. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 清乾隆 黃地綠彩雲龍紋盤 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款 Provenance: acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, in 2005 (collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: M.White, Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection, vol.3, n.p., 2022, p.94(b) 來源：獲得於倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antiques，2005年（藏家筆記） 著錄：M.White，《Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection》，第三冊，無出版地，2022年，第94頁(b) According to the Illustrated Regulations on the Ritual Paraphernalia of the Imperial Court (皇朝禮器圖式) composed in the twenty-fourth year of the Qianlong period (1759), wares bearing green dragons on a yellow ground were designated for use by consorts of the second and third ranks at the Qing Court. See a similar yellow-ground green-enamelled 'dragon' dish, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, in the Qing Court Collection, Palace Museum, Beijing , illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, p.136, pl.110. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing