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A wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl Daoguang seal mark and of the period
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,560 inc. premium
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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.
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,














