Two blue and white porcelain dragon dishes. Daoguang and Guangxu Marks and Period

Each similarly painted with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl surrounded by further flames enclosed within a double ring across the shallow curving well and repeated on the exterior walls, the base of one centered with the Guangxu six-character mark in seal script, the other with the Guangxu six-character mark in a double row of regular script. 6 5/8 and 6 1/2in (16.8 and 16.5cm) diameter - Sold for $7,200 (Copyright © 2002-2008 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved)

Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 23 Jun 2008. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com