Lot 79. A blue and white 'dragon' bowl. Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Diameter 5 3/8 in., 13.6 cm. Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold 32,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's

with deep rounded sides, the exterior painted in underglaze blue with two dragons among cloud scrolls, above a band of crested waves and jagged rocks in a frieze below a double-line encircling the lipped rim and repeated on the foot, Zhiyuan tang zhi four-character mark in underglaze blue within a double square. 

Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29th October 1991, lot 171.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012