DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

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A PAIR OF WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWLS
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
Each bowl has deep, rounded sides flaring slightly to the rim. The exterior is 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. The interior is painted with an iron-red dragon leaping in pursuit of a flaming pearl, all within underglaze blue single and double-line borders
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diam. (2)

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A pair of bowls of this pattern was included in the exhibition, The Wonder's of the Potter's Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, no. 100; and a single example from the Simon Kwan Collection was included in the exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, no. 44. A set of four Daoguang-marked bowls of this same design was sold at Christie's New York, 24-25 March 2011, lot 1727, and another pair was sold at Christie's New York, 15-16 September 2011, lot 1638.

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