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A WUCAI ‘IMMORTALS’ BOWL
Wanli six-character mark and of the period
Finely painted and enamelled on the exterior with four
Immortals, each carrying their individual attributes
within a grove of pine interspersed with four lanterns,
all between a border of lotus-head scroll beneath the
rim and classic scroll on the foot, the interior with a
front-facing dragon encircling a flaming pearl in the
well and ruyi-heads beneath the rim, box.
15.5cm (6 1/8in) diam (2).

£8,000 - 10,000
CNY72,000 - 91,000
明萬曆 五彩道仙故事圖盌
青花「大明萬曆年製」楷書款

Compare with a related wucai bowl enamelled
with Immortals, some flying on cranes, illustrated
in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum:
Enamelled Ware of the Ming Dynasty, Hong
Kong, 1966, pls.14 and 14a-d. Another example
decorated with scenes of a Daoist ritual and with a
different floral meander below the rim is illustrated by
P.Y.K.Lam, Enlightening Elegance: Imperial Porcelain
119 of the Mid to Late Ming: The Huaihaitang Collection,
Hong Kong, 2012, no.83.

See also a similar wucai ‘Immortals’ bowl, Wanli six-
character mark and of the period, which was sold at
Bonhams London, 6 November 2014, lot 244.

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A PAIR OF WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’
BOWLS
Daoguang seal marks and of the period
Each with deep rounded sides rising to a slightly
everted rim, vividly enamelled in green, red, aubergine
and yellow with two striding five-clawed dragons
striding in pursuit of the flaming pearl, separated by
two descending phoenixes amidst leafy meander, all
below a band to the rim enclosing the Eight Buddhist
Emblems alternating with clusters of ruyi heads, the
interior similarly decorated with a sinuous iron-red
dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst billowing
clouds. Each 15.5cm (6 1/8in) diam. (2).
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY72,000 - 110,000

清道光 五彩龍鳳呈祥紋盌 一對
青花「大清道光年製」篆書款

Provenance: an English private collection, acquired
120 in China circa 1950, and thence by descent

來源：英國私人收藏；於約1950年購自中國，並由
後人保存迄今

Compare a similar wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowl,
Daoguang seal mark and of the period, formerly in
the Kwan Collection, illustrated in Imperial Porcelain
of Late Qing, Hong Kong, 1983, pp.68, no.44.

A similar wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ bowl,
Daoguang seal mark and of the period, was sold
at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 October, lot 3736.

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