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A FINE PAIR OF WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWLS

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

Enamelled to the exterior of each with striding green and red dragons amidst flower-sprays in pursuit of 'flaming pearls divided by two descending phoenixes, all beneath a narrow band with the eight Buddhist emblems interspersed with ruyi-heads, the interior with an ascending dragon reaching for a flaming pearl amidst fire scrolls
6 1/4in. (16cm.) diam. (2)
Exhibited
O.C.S., June-July 1968, no. 119 (one of the pair)

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