Lot 617. A green-enameled yellow-ground 'dragon' bowl, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722). Diameter 4 in., 10.2 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 13,750 USD. © Sotheby's

delicately potted with deep rounded sides rising to a flared rim, the exterior incised with two striding five-clawed dragons in pursuit of 'flaming pearls', all above a border of ruyi-heads circling the foot, the rim bordered with a classic scroll band, the interior centered with a medallion enclosing a shou character, the design all picked out in green against a yellow ground, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.

Provenance: Collection of Henri Mazot (1882-1956), acquired in Beijing in the 1920s.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 September 2019