Lot 244. A yellow-glazed 'dragon' seal paste box and cover, Guangxu mark and period (1875-1908). Diameter 2 7/8  in., 7.2 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Lot sold 17,500 USD. © Sotheby's

of circular section, the domed cover incised with a pair of five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' amidst flames and clouds, the sides of the box carved with waves, six-character mark in aubergine. 

Provenance: Simon Kwan Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2nd November 1998, lot 456.

Exhibited: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, 1983, cat. no. 157.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York, 19 march 2013