A LARGE AND RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE `DRAGON AND CARP` BASIN SIX CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1662-1722 The sides rising from a flat base to a broad everted rim, the interior painted with a ferocious three-clawed dragon emerging from turbulent waves above two carps and a smaller fish, the base unglazed, 42.7cm. Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford.