Lot 1782. A pair of unusual reverse-decorated blue-ground bowls, Yongzheng period (1723-1735); 4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. 

Each of deep bell shape, the sides reverse-decorated in penciled white line with three four-clawed dragons leaping amidst cruciform clouds against a soft blue ground, the interior white, the bases with apocryphal Chenghua marks, wood stands.

Provenance: Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 24-25 May 1979, lot 622.
Greenwald Collection no. 60.

Literature: Gerald M. Greenwald, The Greenwald Collection, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics, 1996, no. 60.