Large Chinese Qing dynasty blue and white porcelain deep dish decorated at the center with a four-clawed dragon among clouds chasing a flaming pearl. The clouds and the long scaled body of the dragon continue “over the wall” to the reverse. According to Wang Qingzheng in “A Dictionary of Chinese Ceramics,” this style of decoration where the design begins in the interior and wraps over the rim to continue on the exterior (or vice versa) emerged in the Ming dynasty and flourished in the Yongzheng, Qianlong, and Daoguang periods. The depiction of the dragon is consistent with the Yongzheng or Qianlong periods. There are some dark burn spots in the underglaze blue where the application of the pigment is dense. The base and foot rim are unglazed, as is characteristic of the large 18th century chargers of this type produced in Jingdezhen, and a brown wash has been applied to the base. Four ideographs were etched into the outside edge of the charger at the top of the foot rim to identify the owner. 14 3/8” diameter by 2 ¾” high. 18th century. This large charger is quite heavy (weighing over 4 lbs) and is in very good overall condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs. There are fine scratches to the glaze in the interior consistent with its age and use. From the private collection of a former American resident in Guangzhou and Beijing from 1983-1987.