Lot 3671. A wucai 'Figure' bowl, Mark and period of Wanli (1573-1619);  10.6 cm., 4 1/8  in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD (11,496 — 17,243 EUR). Lot sold 300,000 HKD (34,487 EUR). Photo Sotheby's.

with rounded sides supported on a short foot, painted to the exterior with two devotees bearing offerings alternating with a dragon and deer, the latter carrying further offerings, the procession of figures and animals traversing on a landscape of scattered flowers and vividly imagined cloud scrolls, all below a border of florets encircling the rim, the interior painted with an unusual winged dragon with fins and a serpentine body terminating in a fish tail, among wisps of clouds enclosed in a double bordered medallion, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double-circle.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 07 oct. 2015, 02:30 PM