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A FINE PAIR OF WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWLS
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A FINE PAIR OF WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWLS

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A FINE PAIR OF WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWLS
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The exterior is enamelled with striding red and green dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst floral sprays, divided by two descending phoenixes, all beneath a narrow band with the bajixiang interspersed with ruyi-heads, the interior central medallion is decorated with an iron-red dragon and flaming pearl amid green flame bursts
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) diam., box (2)

Specialist note

Previously sold in these Rooms, 26 April 1999, lot 685.

A bowl of this pattern with a Qianlong seal mark in the Qing Court Collection is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, vol. 38, Beijing, 1999, p. 148, no. 136. An earlier, Kangxi, version of this pattern can be seen on p. 147, no. 135. Compare also another Qianlong-marked bowl with this decoration in the Ohmer Collection, Roemer Museum, illustrated by Wiesner in Chinesisches Porzellan, Mainz am Rhein, 1981, no. 123.