Lot 529. A blue-ground yellow-enameled 'dragon' bowl, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722). Diameter 5 1/4 in., 13.3 cm. Estimate: US$10,000 - US$15,0000. Lot Sold 20,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the steep rounded sides set on a slightly tapering foot and rising to a gently everted rim, the exterior with two yellow-enameled striding dragons each pursuing a 'flaming pearl' against a deep blue ground, the interior with a central medallion painted with a further dragon and 'flaming pearl', the base inscribed with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.

Provenance: New York Private Collection.
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc., New York, 20th March 2015.