A rare Chinese brown-glazed dragon bowl, the flared sides with a central rib dividing bands of anhua dragons in pursuit of pearls of wisdom, the interior with an anhua roundel of two scaly dragons around a central flaming pearl, unmarked, Kangxi 1662-1722, two restored rim chips, 17cm.
Cf. Ming Wilson, Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics, p.33 for a related bowl..
