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A WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWL
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1821-1850)
The bowl is decorated to the exterior with an iron-red dragon and a green dragon chasing the faming pearl
between two phoenix descending on a ground scattered with foral sprigs, below a band of Eight Buddhist
Emblems alternating with ruyi-heads at the rim. The interior is decorated with a central medallion
enclosing an iron-red dragon in pursuit of the faming pearl.
6¼ in. (16 cm) diam.
£5,000-8,000 US$6,600-10,000
€5,900-9,300

清道光 五彩龍鳳紋碗 六字篆書款

(mark)

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