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A WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ BOWL
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The bowl is fnely decorated to the exterior with two dragons amidst fower
sprays chasing faming pearls, divided by two descending phoenixes, below a
narrow band of the Eight Buddhist Emblems interspersed with ruyi heads. The
interior is decorated with a dragon chasing a faming pearl.
6 in. (15.4 cm.) diam.

£2,000-4,000 $2,900-5,600
€2,600-5,000

Examples of this type of fnely enamelled bowl with dragon and phoenix
decoration appear in the Kangxi period (1662-1722) but imperial examples
were seen throughout the Qing dynasty.

Two bowls of this pattern both with Kangxi reign marks are in the Qing Court
Collection, 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 bowls of this type sold at Christie’s, London, 13 November
2015, lot 1239.

清乾隆 五彩龍鳳戲珠碗 六字篆書款

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A FAMILLE ROSE BOWL (mark)

JIAQING GILT SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

(1796-1820)

The foliate rim bowl is decorated with a lady in a wheel-cart surrounded by
numerous male and female fgures and a horse in a garden landscape. The
interior and base are covered in a turquoise glaze.
7¿ in. (18.2 cm.) diam.

£2,000-3,000 $2,900-4,200
€2,600-3,800

清嘉慶 粉彩人物故事圖碗 六字篆書款

145

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A FAMILLE ROSE ‘BUTTERFLY AND GOURDS’ BOWL
AND COVER
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

The bowl and cover are each fnely decorated with butterfies amongst
trailing vine bearing numerous gourds.
8æ in. (22.4 cm.) diam.

£2,000-3,000 $2,900-4,200
€2,600-3,800

PROVENANCE:

Old Swedish Collection.
R.T.Collection.

Bottle gourds on vine as well as the combination of butterfies and
gourds are a pun for ‘may there be ceaseless generations of sons and
grandsons’.

清嘉慶 粉彩瓜瓞綿綿蓋碗 六字篆書款
來源：瑞典私人舊藏， R.T.Collection珍藏

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