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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
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A RARE PAIR OF WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWLS
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF
THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each bowl is decorated to the exterior in bright enamels with a green and a red five-clawed dragon
alternating with two descending phoenix amongst chrysanthemum scrolls and below a band of Eight
Precious Objects, the interior with a medallion enclosing a five-clawed red dragon chasing the flaming
pearl.
4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) diam., hongmu stands (2)
£20,000-40,000 US$26,000-51,000
€22,000-44,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's London, 30 January 1962, lot 122.
Acquired by the current owner's grandfather in London and then by descent within the family.
It is unusual to find a Kangxi wucai bowl with this design of this small size and it is even rarer to find
a pair of such bowls. They may be compared with a group of three Kangxi bowls of varying sizes
illustrated in Qing Imperial Porcelain, Nanjing Museum, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong
Kong, 1985, no. 26.

英國私人珍藏
清康熙 五彩龍鳳紋碗一對 雙圈六字楷書款
來源:
倫敦蘇富比, 1962年1月30日, 拍品122號
英國私人珍藏, 現藏家祖父購自倫敦, 家傳至今

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