A Wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' Bowl, Yongzheng Mark and Period - Photo Sotheby's
the rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a gently flaring rim, painted to the exterior with a green and a red dragon striding in pursuit of flaming pearls, divided by a pair of swooping phoenix, all below a band of bajixiang interspersed with ruyi emblems, the interior with a medallion enclosing an iron-red dragon in pursuit of a pearl amidst flames, inscribed to the base with a six-character Yongzheng mark within a double-circle; 14.9cm., 5 7/8 in. Estimation: 3,000 - 5,000 GBP
PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1st December 1977, lot 651.
EXHIBITED: From the Tang to the Qing: Chinese Ceramics from circa 618-1850 A.D. from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Thompson, Hull University, Hull, 1996, cat. no. 110.
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