Description: Mid Qing, finely potted, the bowl with steep rounded sides rising to a gently flaring rim, all supported on a splayed stem with a raised horizontal ridge simulating bamboo node, the exterior painted with a dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the stem with crashing waves, the base with six-character Xuande mark, the footring has chips. Height 3 in., Diameter 3 1/2 in.