Lot 3692. A copper-red 'dragon' bowl, mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722), 14.8 cm, 5 7/8  in. Estimate 280,000 — 380,000 HKD. Lot sold 650,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.

the deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to a gently flaring rim, painted to the exterior in underglaze copper-red tones with two five-clawed dragons striding amongst flame wisps in pursuit of flaming pearls above two rows of lappets, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle.

Note: A Kangxi bowl of the same design, based on an early Ming original, is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Shanghai, 2000, no. 169; another was included in the exhibition Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1973-1974, cat. no. 53.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 Oct 2017