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 decorated with two phoenix descending between two green and iron-red dragons chasing the flaming pearl on a ground scattered with floral sprigs, all below a band of Buddhist emblems alternating with ruyi heads that encircles the rim. The interior is decorated with a central medallion enclosing an iron-red dragon in pursuit of the flaming pearl, all within double blue line borders.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Private English Collection, acquired in the 1920s, then by descent within the family.

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Lot Essay

A comparable Qianlong mark and period bowl in the Imperial Collection, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelain in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Beijing, 1999, p148, no.136. A comparable bowl sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1498.

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