A rare Doucai Bowl. Kangxi Six-Character Mark In Underglaze Blue Within a Double Circle And Of The Period (1662-1722). photo Christie's Ltd 2011

With deep rounded sides, the exterior painted with four dragon and cloud roundels separated by multicolored clouds, all in underglaze blue and yellow, green, mauve and iron red, the center of the interior painted in underglaze blue with a stylized dragon leaping amidst leafy, flowering tendrils, all within blue line borders; 5½ in. (14 cm.) diam. Estimate $30,000 - $50,000 - Price Realized $128,500

Provenance: Hugh Moss Ltd., London, 1972.

Notes: A doucai bowl of nearly identical size and decoration, also with Kangxi mark, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrastsing Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 207.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I & II,  15 - 16 September 2011. New York, Rockefeller Plaza. www.christies.com