A pair of small green and yellow 'dragon' bowls. Qianlong seal marks and of the period. Photo Bonhams

Thinly potted with steep sides rising from a straight foot, the exterior enamelled with two green striding five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls on a yellow ground, beneath a scrolling band at the flaring rim and above a band of ruyi-heads at the foot, the interior with a single shou character within a plain roundel. 10cm (4in) diam. (2). Sold for £79,250

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 2 December 1997, lot 291
The Inder Rieden Collection

A pair of very similar bowls is illustrated in Chinese  Porcelain: The S.C.Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, no.111. Compare also a single bowl sold at Christie's New York, 17 September 2008, lot 482.

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 10 Nov 2011, New Bond Street www.bonhams.com