Lot 20. A blue-glazed anhua-decorated 'dragon' dish, Qing dynasty, early 18th century. Diameter 8 1/2  in., 22.7 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot Sold 30,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

the rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a flared rim left white, incised to the interior with a central medallion enclosing three stylized ruyi clouds, the cavetto decorated in anhua with two dragons pacing amidst further ruyi clouds, covered overall in a blue glaze, the white base with an apocryphal underglaze-blue Xuande mark within a double circle.

Provenance: Virginia Private Collection.
Sotheby's New York, 18th October 1974, lot 548 (part lot).
Sotheby's New York, 5th May 1979, lot 50 (part lot).

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 Sep 2017, 10:00 AM