Lot Essay
Compare to the pair of similar bowls included in the Hong Kong O.C.S. Exhibition of Ch'ing Polychrome Porcelain, 1979, no. 32; and to another fine pair sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 2000, lot 204.
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Details
A FINE PAIR OF WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWLS
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each finely decorated on the exterior with two dragons in green glaze and iron-red pursuing flaming pearls amidst flower sprigs, separated by two phoenixes descending from a narrow border of the bajixiang conjoined by a ruyi-head band, with another iron-red dragon leaping after a flaming pearl amidst green flames in a medallion on the interior, all within double-line borders
5 1/4 in. (13.2 cm.) diam. (2)
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each finely decorated on the exterior with two dragons in green glaze and iron-red pursuing flaming pearls amidst flower sprigs, separated by two phoenixes descending from a narrow border of the bajixiang conjoined by a ruyi-head band, with another iron-red dragon leaping after a flaming pearl amidst green flames in a medallion on the interior, all within double-line borders
5 1/4 in. (13.2 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
A Japanese private collection