The deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a gently flaring rim, the exterior vividly decorated with a green and a red dragon, each striding in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', separated by a pair of descending phoenix, all below a band of the 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' and ruyi heads at the rim, the interior with a medallion enclosing a red five-clawed dragon coveting a 'flaming pearl', the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle , Kangxi mark.

Provenance: Private collection, Dallas, Texas. LOT 21350-21360

Hairline crack.