The deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a slightly flared rim, incised and painted in aubergine enamel against a green ground with two five-clawed dragons striding amidst cloud wisps in pursuit of the ‘flaming pearl’, above rocks and crashing waves, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark of Daoguang. Period: Daoguang (1821?1850). Diameter: 15 cm.