Lot 3029. A green-glazed 'Dragon' dish, Mark and period of Hongzhi (1488-1505); 17.8 cm., 7 in. Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 HKD. Lot sold 162,500 HKD. Photo Sotheby's

the shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, the interior enamelled in green with three ruyi-shaped cloud swirls encircling a dragon writhing sinuously, all within a single-line border around the medallion and repeated at the rim, the exterior with two further dragons enamelled in green against anhua tumultous waves, all between a single-line bordering the rim and the foot, the recessed base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within double circles.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 april 2014