Lot 219. A doucai 'dragon medallion' bowl, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722). Diameter 5½ in., 14 cm. Lot sold: 27,720 USD (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2022

the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.

Property from the Collection of Chou Wen-Chung

Provenance: Acquired in China before the 1970s.

Note: A Kangxi period bowl of this type is in the Palace Museum, Beijing and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 207. Another was sold in our London rooms, 8th November 2017, lot 2.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 september 2022