Lot 230. A green and aubergine-enamelled yellow-ground saucer-dish, aubergine Kangxi six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1662-1722); 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 3,000 - GBP 4,000. Price realised GBP 2,151. © Christie's Images Ltd 2004

With shallow rounded sides rising from a tapering foot to a straight rim, incised and enamelled in aubergine and green in the centre of the interior with two five-clawed dragons around a flaming pearl, on the exterior with four equi-distant grapevine sprays, all on a rich yellow-glazed ground stopping around the unglazed foot. 

 Provenance: E. T. Hall Collection, no. 119. 

Christie's. Chinese Monochrome Porcelain from the Collection of the late E. T. Hall, London, 7 June 2004