Lot 3150. A pair of blue and white 'Fu-Shou Dragon' bowls, seal marks and period of Daoguang (1821-1850); 13.2 cm., 5 1/4  in. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 325,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's 2013

each with deep rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to a gently flared rim, painted on the exterior with two five-clawed dragons striding among flames, with open jaws and free flowing mane, their scaly undulating bodies picked out in various tones of cobalt, divided by two detached sprays of foliateruyi supporting one of the auspicious characters fu and shou enclosed in a barbed panel, all above three rows of pointed petals encircling the foot, the interior similarly decorated with a five-clawed dragon writhing among flames within double lines repeated at the rim, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. Hong Kong, 08 april 2013