A WUCAI DRAGON AND PHOENIX BOWL

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Result:

incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, underglaze blue Daoguang seal mark and period
D. 14,9 cm
The bowl has deep, rounded sides flaring slightly to the rim, and the exterior is painted with two phoenixes descending be tween green and iron-red dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst flower sprigs, below a band of Buddhist Emblems alternating with ruyi heads joined by a blue line. The interior is decorated with an iron-red dragon leaping in pursuit of a flaming pearl, all within underglaze blue single and double-line borders.
Collection Pfennig, Stuttgart, acquired from her great-grandparents in the early 20th ct. in Beijing by repute
A pair of bowls of this pattern was included in the exhibition, The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Col lection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, no. 100; and a single example from the Simon Kwan Collection was included in the exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, no. 44. A pair of bowls with similar decoration was sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2013, lot 1483 - Good condition

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