Lot 1655. An iron-red-decorated blue and white bowl, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619); 5 in. (12.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 338,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011

With shallow rounded sides rising from a small circular foot, the exterior painted in iron red with eight five-clawed dragons leaping above a band of underglaze blue wind-tossed waves, with a roundel of a similar dragons on the convex center of the interior, all within blue line borders.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I and Part II Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 24 March 2011