Blue and Yellow Enamel Dragon Bowl, Kangxi Mark and Period (1662-1722). Photo courtesy Waddington's

The thinly potted sides steeply rising towards a slightly everted rim, the exterior with a pair of finely rendered dragons completed in yellow enamel, each with a ferocious expression and soaring amid the scrolling clouds, all completed against a cobalt blue ground, the interior with a third, confronting dragon, the whole supported on a raised foot decorated with an overlapping lotus petal border and double blue rings along the foot, diameter 5.5" - 14 cm., six-character Kangxi mark. 5 cm hairline at 11 o'clock; 6 cm hairline and associated restored chip to rim at 9 o'clock; 2 cm hairline crack at footring, just underneath mark. Estimated Price: CAD15,000 - CAD20,000

Provenance: Chinese Porcelain from a Hong Kong Collector (lots 216-222) Purchased in Beijing during the 1970's

Notes: A pair of bowls with the same design were sold at Christie's Hong Kong January 16th/17th, 1989 lot 733. A more recent example was sold at Christie's London, November 8, 2011, lot 316.

Asian Art Auction. Waddington's. Platinum House. June 10, 2013, 6:00 PM EST. Toronto, ON, Canada