Lot 2. A rare doucai 'Dragon roundel' bowl, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722), 14.5 cm, 5 3/4  in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 25,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

the rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a straight rim, painted in underglaze blue and bright enamels with four dragon and cloud roundels, flanked with pairs of cloud scrolls, the interior base painted with a stylised dragon amidst a leafy flower scroll, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue.

Provenance: Christie's New York, 13th September 2012, lot 1508.

Note: A closely related bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 202; and a pair was sold in our New York rooms, 16th September 2009, lot 194.