A WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWL

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

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A WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWL
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
With deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the exterior painted with two phoenixes descending between green and iron-red dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst flower sprigs, below a band of Buddhist emblems alternating with ruyi heads joined by a blue line, with an iron-red dragon leaping after a flaming pearl in the interior, all within blue line borders
6 1/8 in. (15.4 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Guest & Gray, London, 1980s.

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Lot Essay

A bowl of this pattern with a Qianlong seal mark in the Qing Court collection, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Beijing, 1999, p. 148, no. 136. Another Qianlong-marked example was sold in these rooms, 18 September 2003, lot 324.

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