Two Chinese Porcelain Blue and White Small Dishes

19th century, two small porcelain dishes hand painted in underglaze blue, the first with medallions of dragons holding lingzhi in their mouths, with a bat and peach mark to underside, the second with a scalloped rim, decorated with radiating panels of aster flowers, four character Kangxi mark within two blue circles to underside.

5 1/4 in. diameter

Collection of David C. Lindeman, Fearrington Village, North Carolina

Good estate condition; some light fritting to rim of aster dish and area of restoration to rim; some very slight nicks to foot rim of dragon dish.