Lot 504. A green and black enameled 'Dragon' dish, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722). Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

the interior vividly decorated in green enamel with a five-clawed scaly dragon leaping in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' surrounded by flame motifs and clouds, the scene repeated around the exterior as a frieze with two striding dragons, all between single underglaze-blue line borders, the base with a six-character mark within a double-circle in underglaze blue. Diameter 8 7/8  in., 22.5 cm

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 4th June 1985, lot 177.

Note: Kangxi period dishes of this type with a green and black enameled dragon chasing a 'flaming pearl' amid clouds and flames within a single underglaze-blue circle have been sold at in our Hong Kong rooms, 11th April 2008, lot 3018; at Christie's Hong Kong, 3rd November 1996, lot 591; in our Hong Kong rooms, 16th May 1989, lot 332; and at Christie's London, 8th June 1987, lot 65.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 15 Mar 2017, 10:30 AM