Lot 692. A rare green-ground and iron-red 'Dragon' dish, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722). Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 USD. Lot sold 18,750 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

the rounded sides rising to a gently everted rim, painted to the interior in iron-red with a dragon leaping in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' amid flaming clouds, the cavetto with two similar dragons striding in mutual pursuit, repeated on the underside, all reserved on a ground of semi-translucent pale green, the base with a six-character mark within a double circle in underglaze blue. Diameter 8 1/2  in., 21.6 cm

Provenance: Chait Galleries, New York, 1980s

Note: Compare a similar dish of this type from the Palace Museum, in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, Beijing, 2009, pl. 60.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art New York, 15 Mar 2017