A yellow-ground green and aubergine decorated 'Dragon' dish, Kangxi mark and period. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's

the center decorated with a central medallion of double incised outline enclosing two scaly, sinuous five-clawed dragons contesting a 'flaming pearl' amidst clouds and flames, surrounded by a band of peony, chrysanthemum, prunus, camellia and lotus sprays in the cavetto, the exterior with four further dragons in pursuit of 'flaming pearls', all incised under the glaze and reserved on a rich egg yolk-yellow ground, six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle. Diameter 12 3/4  in., 32.3 cm

Provenance: Christie's London, 11th May 2010, lot 235. 

Note: See a closely related dish of almost identical decoration from the Collection of Frederick J. and Antoinette H. Van Slyke, sold in these rooms, 26th November 1991, lot 364. 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 15 sept. 2015