Lot 616. A pair of green and aubergine-enameled yellow-ground 'dragon' dishes, Kangxi marks and period (1662-1722). Diameter 5 1/4  in., 13.2 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 20,000 USD. © Sotheby's

delicately potted, each with rounded sides rising from a short foot, incised to the center with two confronting dragons contesting a 'flaming pearl' amid fiery cloud scrolls, the exterior with four double clusters of grapes, the base with a six-character mark in aubergine enamel within a double circle (2).

Provenance: Collection of Henri Mazot (1882-1956), acquired in Beijing in the 1920s.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 September 2019