Lot Essay
A similar bowl from the Simon Kwan Collection, exhibited at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, is illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Catalogue, no. 44
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A WUCAI DRAGON AND PHOENIX BOWL
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Finely decorated to the exterior with two dragons amidst flower sprays chasing flaming pearls divided by two descending phoenix below a narrow band of the eight Buddhist emblems interspesed with ruyi-heads below the rim, the interior with a further dragon chasing a flaming pearl amidst fire scrolls--5 3/4in. (14.5cm.) diam.
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Finely decorated to the exterior with two dragons amidst flower sprays chasing flaming pearls divided by two descending phoenix below a narrow band of the eight Buddhist emblems interspesed with ruyi-heads below the rim, the interior with a further dragon chasing a flaming pearl amidst fire scrolls--5 3/4in. (14.5cm.) diam.