Lot 721. A fine white-glazed incised 'Dragon' cup, Mark and period of Kangxi; 6.3 cm., 2 1/2 in. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,000,000 HKD (128,980 USD). Photo: Sotheby's.

delicately potted with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, finely incised in a fine line technique under the milk-white glaze with two striding five-clawed dragons reaching for a 'flaming pearl', the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within double circles

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28th November 1978, lot 129.

Note: For the Ming prototypes in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, see Monochrome Ware of the Ming Dynasty, Vol. 1, Ch'êng Hua Ware, pl. 1, and Vol. 2, Chia Ching Ware, pl. 3.

Sotheby's. Playthings From The Collection of Edward T. Chow - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Collections -Chinese Art Through the Eye of Sakamoto Gor - Asian Lacquer. Hong Kong, 27 may 2014