A FINE PAIR OF WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWLS

Details

A FINE PAIR OF WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWLS
DAOGUANG SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD

Enamelled to the exterior with striding green and red dragons amidst flower-sprays in pursuit of 'flaming pearls' divided by two descending phoenixes, all beneath a narrow band with the eight Buddhist emblems interspersed with ruyi-heads, the interior with an ascending dragon reaching for a flaming pearl amidst fire scrolls-- 5 7/8 in. (14.9cm.) diam., box (2)

Further details

END OF MORNING SESSION

Lot Essay

A Daoguang example from the Simon Kwan Collection was included in the Chinese University of Hong Kong Exhibition of Imperial Porcelain of the Late Qing, 1983, Catalogue, no. 44; and another is illustrated by Van Oort, Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th Centuries, pl. 17

More from FINE CHINESE CERAMICS

View All