A small 'dragon' vase, mark of Xuantong, the ovoid body surmounted by a slender waisted neck, decorated with iron-red dragons among underglaze blue scrolling clouds, divided by gilt line borders at the shoulders, the base with a band of white crested waves and an underglaze blue border of ruyi heads around the flared mouth, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character mark flanked by dragons, 22.5 cm