Each bowl with slightly flared lip, over a circular foot ring; the interior with a central roundel depicting a sinuous five-clawed dragon and flames against an underglaze blue ground; the exterior with a pair of dragons chasing a flaming jewel, above a border of lotus lappets, one claw of each dragon obscured with black enamel; six-character mark in underglaze blue.(Dia: 5 7/16 in.; 5 1/2 in.)PROVENANCE:Collection of William Deering Porter (1847-1904)Thence by descent to the present ownersNOTE:Another associated pair of bowls of this pattern, from the collection of William Deering Porter, was sold in these rooms April 13, 2022, lot 158. The present bowls, with a fifth claw of each dragon obscured by black enamel (possibly to reflect removal from the court), relate to other examples, including those sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, May 31, 2011, lot 3511; an example from the Meiyintang collection, sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, October 8, 2012, lot 26; and another, sold Sotheby's, New York, September 23, 2020, lot 560.