KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

Each bowl is decorated with two five-clawed dragons on a pale-yellow ground in pursuit of a flaming pearl among colourful scrolling clouds, all painted in brilliant enamels.

A pair of similarly decorated bowls is illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art: Chinese Ceramics IV· Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, pl.120; compare also with a larger bowl decorated with dragons and phoenix, illustrated by Wang Qingzheng, Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum, Hong Kong, 1998, p. 248, no. 160.