A GREEN-ENAMELED YELLOW-GROUND 'DRAGON' BOWL KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD

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
Diameter 4 in., 10.2 cm

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