Lot 321. A large and rare blue and white 'Dragon and Carp' basin, mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 32.2 cm, 12 5/8  in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 437,500 HKD. © Sotheby's.

the deep rounded sides supported on a flat base, the interior painted with a ferocious dragon and three leaping carps emerging from cresting waves, the base left in the biscuit and inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle.

Provenance:  Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999).

Note: A closely related basin, complete with the rim, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Shanghai, 2000, pl. 54; another in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is included in Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, vol. 10, Tokyo, 1980, pl. 247. Compare also a similar basin from a European noble collection, sold in our London rooms, 14th May 2014, lot 223.

Large, deep plate with blue-and-white decoration of fish transforming into dragons (yulongbianhua) motif, Qing dynasty, Kangxi mark and period (1662–1722), 76 x 43.2 cm (29 15/16 x 17 in.), John Gardner Coolidge Collection, 46.492. © 2018 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

From a European noble collection. A large blue and white 'Dragon and Carp' basin, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722); 35.8cm., 14 1/8 in. Sold for 15, 000 GBP at Sotheby's London, 14th May 2014, lot 223. © Sotheby's.

Cf. my post: A large blue and white 'Dragon and Carp' basin, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722)

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