A blue-glazed carved 'dragon' bowl, Late Ming Dynasty. Photo: Bonhams.

Sturdily potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short cleanly-cut brown-dressed foot, incised on the exterior with a pair of dragons amidst scrolling clouds, covered overall in an attractive deep blue glaze thinning at the gilt mouth rim. 18.5cm diam. Estimate HK$ 50,000 - 80,000 (€4,700 - 7,600). Unsold.

Provenance: Carl Kempe Collection, no.806

A related blue-glazed bowl with incised dragon decoration, dated to the late Ming Dynasty, formerly in the collection of Dr. Philip Wen-chee Mao, exhibited and published by the Min Chiu Society and the Hong Kong Urban Council, Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1977, catalogue no.36, p.49, pl.129, was later sold in our San Francisco rooms, 21 June 2006, lot 3230. Another similar bowl previously from the Hatcher Collection, was sold in our London rooms, 22 March 2005, lot 214.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, Hong Kong, Admiralty, 26 May 2014 - http://www.bonhams.com/