A rare underglaze-blue-decorated blue-ground bowl, Kangxi period (1662-1722) © Christie's Image 2003

The thickly potted bowl with deep, rounded sides and everted mouth rim, the exterior vigorously painted in underglaze blue with a pair of writhing four-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls, and carp leaping above crashing waves, all against a rich blue ground, the interior glazed white, the base with apocryphal Chenghua four-character mark - 9 11/16in. (24.4cm.) diam. Lot 314. Estimate $6,000 - $8,000. Price Realized $5,975 

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 September 2003, New York, Rockefeller Plaza