Lot 661. A small blue and white 'Dragon' bowl, Wanli mark and period (1573-1620). Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

ethe rounded sides rising to an everted rim, painted to the center with a striding frontal dragon in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', below a band of flying phoenix divided by stylized clouds, the exterior with an undulating leafy peony scroll, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue. Diameter 3 5/8  in., 9.2 cm 

Provenance: Collection of Pauline B. (1910-2000) and Myron S. (1906-1992) Falk Jr., New York.
Christie's New York, 21st September 2001, lot 488.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 14 Mar 2017, 10:30 AM