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A PAIR OF WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’ BOWLS
DAOGUANG SEAL MARKS AND
PERIOD

each with deep, rounded sides set over a
slightly tapered foot and ß aring at the rim, the
exterior painted in bright enamels with two Þ ve-
clawed dragons each pursuing a ‘ß aming pearl’,
a pair of soaring phoenix dividing the dragons,
the interior with a dragon medallion at the
well, the base with a six-character seal mark in
underglaze blue (2)
Diameter 6¼ in., 15.9 cm
Bowls decorated in the wucai palette bearing
images of dragons and phoenix in the present
arrangement and imperial marks on the base
came into vogue during the Kangxi period
(1662-1722) and continued under subsequent
Qing emperors. Bowls of this type from the
Daoguang reign (1820-1850) include a pair sold
at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28th November 2012,
lot 2144; a single bowl sold in our Hong Kong
rooms, 8th October 2014, lot 3628; an example
sold in these rooms, 18th March 2017, lot 1010;
one sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3rd October
2017, lot 3736; and one sold at Christie’s Paris,
13th June 2018, lot 144.
$ 20,000-30,000
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