Lot 722. A white-glazed incised 'Dragon' cup, Mark and period of Kangxi; 6.4 cm., 2 1/2 in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 625,000 HKD (80,613 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, 20th May 1980, lot 90.

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