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PROPERTY OF A NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE
COLLECTOR
A FINE WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’ BOWL
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the deep rounded sides rising from a slightly
tapered foot to a gently ß aring rim, painted
to the exterior with two dragons each striding
in pursuit of a ‘ß aming pearl’, divided by two
phoenix in ß ight, reserved on a leafy ß oral
ground, all below a band of ‘Auspicious
Emblems’ and ruyi at the rim, the interior with
a medallion enclosing a further dragon and
‘ß aming pearl’, the base with a six-character
seal mark in underglaze blue
Diameter 6⅛ in., 15.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Reportedly given to President Rutherford
Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) by a member of
the Chinese imperial family in the late 1800s.
Gifted by the Hayes family to the mother of the
present owner in the 1960s.
$ 20,000-30,000
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㶭Ḧ昮ġġġḼ⼑漵沛⏰䤍䲳䙴
˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫㫦
Ը๕
⁛⋩ḅᶾ䲨㛓䓙㶭䘯⭌ㆸ⒉岰冯伶⚳⇵䷥
䴙㉱䐇䤷⽟ɀỗ㞍⽟ɀ㴟㕗炷1822Į1893炸
㴟㕗⭞㕷㕤1960⸜ẋ岰冯䎦ả啷⭞ᷳ㭵

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A WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’
BOWL
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the deep rounded sides rising from a straight
foot to ß aring rim, the exterior painted in
polychrome enamels with two Þ ve-clawed
dragons each pursuing a ‘ß aming pearl’, a pair
of soaring phoenix dividing the beasts, the
interior with a central dragon medallion at the
well, the base with a six-character seal mark in
underglaze blue
Diameter 6 in., 15.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Japanese Private Collection (by repute).
$ 20,000-30,000
㶭Ḧ昮ġġġḼ⼑漵沛⏰䤍䲳䙴

˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫㫦
Ը๕
165 㖍㛔䥩Ṣ㓞啷炷⁛炸

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