Lot 100, A pair of blue and white 'dragon and phoenix' bowls, Late Ming dynasty. 5 3/4 in. (14.7 cm.) diam. Estimate 40,000 – HK$60,000 HKD ($5,181 - $7,772). Price realised HKD 50,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. 

Each bowl is finely painted on the exterior in underglaze blue with a dragon and phoenix divided by a flaming pearl and stylised clouds. The interior is decorated with a central medallion enclosing a four-clawed dragon.The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark in underglaze blue within a circle, boxes.

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26 November 1980, lot 226

Christie's. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 5 April 2016, Hong Kong