A COPPER-RED 'DRAGON' MEDALLION BOWL KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD

with rounded sides rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, the exterior decorated with five five-clawed dragons coiled to form medallions and a single dragon to the interior, the copper-red firing to a rosy pink with a faint speckling of apple-green, all reserved on a milky-white ground, six-character mark in underglaze blue within double circles, Japanese wood box (8)

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 21st May 1985, lot 141.
Kitayama Fine Arts, Tokyo, acquired in the 1970s.

The bowl is in overall good condition. There is one burst air bubble and two iron spots on the rim, and a minor piece of kiln grit on the interior of the foot rim.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

A bowl of this pattern, size and date is illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, no. 733. Another of the same size and pattern is illustrated in the Baur Collection, Catalogue, vol. IV, no. A 530, where the author mentions another in the Royal Ontario Museum.