A blue-ground wucai 'Dragon' bowl, Mark and period of Kangxi. Photo: Sotheby's.

well potted with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a gently everted rim, vigorously painted on a blue-ground with a green and a red five-clawed dragon, each striding among flames in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' floating in mid-air above quatrefoil multi-coloured clouds, all above three rows of overlapping petals springing from a double-line border encircling the foot, the interior similarly painted with a blue-ground medallion enclosing a green dragon writhing among flames reaching for a pearl within a line border, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within double circles, the fifth claw of each dragon later hidden beneath black enamel; 14.2 cm., 5 5/8  in. Estimation 300,000 — 500,000 HKD 

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. Hong Kong | 08 oct. 2013 - http://www.sothebys.com