A PAIR OF WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWLS

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

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)

Lot Essay

Cf. another Qianlong-marked bowl with this decoration in the Ohmer Collection, Roemer Museum, illustrated by Wiesner in Chinesisches Porzellan, Germany, 1981, no. 123.

(US$26,000-32,000)

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