CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUES À SIX CARACTÈRES EN CACHET EN BLEU SOUS COUVERTE ET ÉPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

Examples of this type of finely enamelled bowl with dragon and phoenix decoration first appeared during the Kangxi period (1662-1722), though imperial examples continued to be produced throughout the Qing dynasty. Two bowls of this design, both bearing Kangxi reign marks, are part of the Qing Court Collection in Beijing, illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Vol. 38, Hong Kong, 1999, pp. 147-148, nos. 135 and 136. A pair of Qianlong-period bowls of this type was sold at Christie's, London, on 13 November 2015, lot 1239. A single wucai bowl of this type was sold at Sotheby's London, 6 November 2024, lot 11.