YONGZHENG-QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)

It is very rare to find doucai decoration set against a yellow ground. A Kangxi-marked dish with doucai decoration of a dragon and phoenix set against a yellow ground is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 210.

A similar design of dragons in different writhing positions amidst flames can be seen on a green and yellow-glazed meiping illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains, Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, Hong Kong, 2009, pp. 126-29, no. 104, where it is dated to the Qianlong period.