Montopolyi Arno Italian Plate with Dragon and Bear An unusual piece

Oriental Folk Art Carved Dragon Tray This is a lovely piece of hand carving, the tray is octagonal with a dragon at every corner A superb piece which neat handles carved into th...

Montopolyi Arno Italian Vase with Dragons An unusual piece made in terracotta marked Montopolyi Arno, the vase a very attractive piece relief decorated with plants and flying crea...

Large Victorian Ironstone Willow Pattern Meat Plate A lovely piece with timeless design and good colours, the plate deep and has a wide edge, it is in good condition with some age ...

Large Victorian Ironstone Willow Pattern Meat Plate A lovely piece with timeless design and good colours, the plate is deep and has a wide edge, it is in good condition with a hair...

A very nicely decorated plate. Marked on the base. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Color: Multi-Color Region of Origin: China Period: 20th century PRoC (1949 -...

Superb Rouen wyvern platter ("à la Guivre"), 18th century France. Exquisite and rare museum quality piece. Decorations of a parrot carrying a branch, butterflies, an aquatic landscape and an Asian wyvern dragon. These dragons are different from those found in European fairy tales and films. In China, they're in the arts, zodiac signs and festivals ("Dragon Dance" at Chinese New Year). They embody power, perseverance... Linked to the sky and water, they have meteorological powers, such as making it rain. So they often live in tumultuous rivers, at the bottom of oceans... hence the lake over which this dragon "flies". What's more, this earthenware dragon...

Massive Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Plate with scalloped edge and central design of multicolor dragon surrounded by rows of abstracted floral designs. Meiji period, late 19th, ea...

20th century polychrome charger plate.