A Large Gilt Decorated Powder Blue Glazed Porcelain ChargerGUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)清光緒 藍地描金龍紋萬壽無疆大盤the rounded walls bearing painted to the interior with a ring of ruyi heads encircling a wide band of furled lotus scrolls issuing radiant flowerheads between roundels enclosing characters for boundless longevity, the center painted with the image of a writing front-facing dragon bordered by a ring of spear-like flame wisps; the white recessed base bearing the six-character iron-red mark. Diameter 15 1/4 in., 39 cm.