Lot 238. A small blue and white 'Dragon' bowl, Wanli mark and period (1573-1620); diameter 3 7/8 in., 9.8 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 35,000 USD. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2010.

the shallow body painted on the exterior with four floral medallions divided by cloud-scrolls, the interior painted with a central dragon medallion below a frieze of lanca characters at the everted rim, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26th November 1976, lot 58.
Christie's London, 11th June 1990, lot 16. 

Exhibited: 'Blue and White Exhibition', Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1975, no. 47.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 15 sept. 2010