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A VERY RARE CORAL-GROUND A WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ A RARE POLYCHROME ENAMEL BOWL
AND GILT ‘DRAGON’ SEAL PASTE BOWL Guangxu six-character mark and of the period
BOX AND COVER Daoguang seal mark and of the period Modelled with rounded sides raising to a
Daoguang seal mark and of the period With deep rounded sides rising to a slightly slightly everted rim, enamelled to the exterior
Of circular form, carved in high relief to the everted rim, the exterior painted with two with two magpies perched on entwining floral
domed cover with a wrathful five-clawed phoenixes descending between green branches extending to the interior of the bowl,
dragon with movable tongue, the scale and and iron-red dragons pursuing flaming all issuing from a gnarled tree trunk.
manes detailed in gilt, striding amidst billowing pearls amidst flower sprigs, below a band 14.6cm (5 4/3in) diam.
clouds in pursuit of a moving flaming pearl of Buddhist Emblems alternating with ruyi
above foaming and crashing waves to the heads joined by a blue line, the interior with a £1,000 - 1,500
foot, all reserved on a densely carved coral medallion enamelled with an iron-red striding CNY8,900 - 13,000
ground with swirls highlighted in gilt, the dragon chasing a flaming pearl.
interior enamelled in turquoise. 5.6cm (6 1/8in) diam.
7.3cm (2 7/8in) diam. (2). 清光緒 彩釉過枝花卉紋盌
礬紅「大清光緒年製」楷書款
£2,000 - 3,000
£3,000 - 5,000 CNY18,000 - 27,000 Provenance: an English private collection
CNY27,000 - 45,000
清道光 五彩龍鳳呈祥紋盌 來源： 英國私人收藏
清道光 珊瑚紅釉描金雕盤龍趕珠印盒 青花「大清道光年製」篆書款
「大清道光年製」篆書款

Provenance: an English private collection

來源： 英國私人收藏

The present lot, with its delicately carved
exterior and movable flaming pearl and
dragons tongue is very rare. A rectangular
box with similarly delicately carved cover
with dragons in high relief, Guangxu mark
and of the period, is illustrated by H.A.Van
Oort, Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th
Centuries, Lochem, 1977, p.77, pl.97.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
342 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.