A blue and white 'dragon' bowl, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period. Photo:Bonhams.

Finely potted with deeply rounded thin sides rising from a straight foot, painted on each side in inky-blue tones with a five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl, carefully detailed with long sinuous scaly bodies amidst flames, the base with an Imperial underglaze-blue kaishu mark. 16cm diam. Estimate HK$ 750,000 - 850,000 (€71,000 - 81,000). Unsold

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