A WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWL

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWL
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The bowl is finely decorated to the exterior with two dragons amidst flower sprays chasing flaming pearls, divided by two descending phoenixes, below a narrow band of the Eight Buddhist Emblems interspersed with ruyi heads. The interior is decorated with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl.
6 in. (15.4 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Old Private Dutch Collection, acquired prior to 1920.

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Please note the provenance for this lot should read "Old Dutch Private Collection, acquired prior to 1920".

Lot Essay

Examples of this type of finely enamelled bowl with dragon and phoenix decoration appear in the Kangxi period (1662-1722) but imperial examples were seen throughout the Qing dynasty.
Two bowls of this pattern both with Kangxi reign marks are in the Qing Court Collection, Beijing, illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Vol. 38, Hong Kong, 1999, pp. 147-148, nos. 135 and 136.
A pair of Qianlong bowls of this type sold at Christie's, London, 13 November 2015, lot 1239.

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