Kangxi six-character mark and of the period The bowl finely potted with deep rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to an everted rim, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a five-clawed blue dragon on a yellow ground, the exterior similarly decorated with a pair of sinuous five-clawed dragons striding through flames above overlapping lotus petals, alternating with a lingzhi spray supporting a cinquefoil cartouche enclosing respectively the characters shou and fu, box. 13.3cm (5 1/16in) diam. (2).