GRANDE PLAQUE EN PORCELAINE BLEU BLANCÉpoque Jiaqing/Daoguang (1796-1850)A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'NINE DRAGON' PLAQUEJiaqing/Daoguang (1796-1850)Of oval form, vigorously painted in tones of dark blue with a central sinuous dragon circled by eight similarly sinuous striding dragons pursuing a flaming pearl, moving amidst wisps of vaporous clouds and above a band of cresting waves.50cm (19 3/4in) high.Provenance: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PORTUGESE COLLECTION 葡萄牙顯赫收藏清嘉慶/道光 青花九龍紋瓷板Provenance:Property of a Portugese gentleman, acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in Hong Kong in the late 1960s, thence in the family by descent來源:葡萄牙紳士藏品，現任藏家祖父於1960年代於香港獲得，並由後人保存迄今The dynamicposition of this large plaque featuring 'Nine Dragons' each with a sinuous body and five-clawed feet is highly auspicious. Porcelains decorated with a central frontal dragon surrounded by secondary dragons appear to have been a popular motif on porcelains of the Jiaqing/Daoguang period,pare with a blue and white vase in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, published inCatalogue of Ching Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, Tokyo, 1981, vol.2, pl.93.