Lot 279. A pair of blue and white 'dragon' bowls, Yongzheng marks and period (1723-1735). Diameter 4 3/4  in., 12.2 cm.  Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 8,125 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

each interior painted in underglaze blue along the sides with two four-clawed dragons striding amid clouds, encircling a central 'flaming pearl', the exterior plain white, the base with six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle (2).

Provenance: Collection of Henry Bar, Shanghai, 1940's. 
Oriental Fine Arts, Inc. New York, 1950s.
Mr. and Mrs. Mario Belloso and thence by descent.

Note: A bowl with a similarly painted interior sold at Bonham's San Francisco, 9th October 2013, lot 3293.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Works of Art New York, 17 march 2015