Lot 223. A large blue and white 'Dragon and Carp' basin, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722); 35.8cm., 14 1/8 in. Estimate 6,000 — 10,000 GBP. Lot sold 15,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

the rounded sides rising from a flat base to a lipped rim, painted to the interior with a ferocious three-clawed dragon writhing from tumultuous waves above a leaping carp, beside a swimming carp and a smaller fish, the unglazed base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. London, 14 mai 2014