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Lot 331

A wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl
Daoguang seal mark and of the period

13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl

Daoguang seal mark and of the period
Finely enamelled around the exterior in underglaze blue with iron-red and green writhing dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls, interspersed by descending phoenix, all amidst blossoming leafy scrolls, below a band of linked ruyi heads and the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, at the rim, the interior centred with a medallion enclosing a single writhing iron-red dragon amidst flame scrolls.
15.8cm (6¼in) diam.

Footnotes

Compare a pair of similar bowls illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of the Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1983, no.45, and another single bowl illustrated by G.Avitabile, Vom Schatz der Drachen. From the Dragon's Treasure, Weishaupt, 1987, p.62, fig.79.

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