A FINE WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWL DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
with deep rounded sides, resting on a subtly tapering foot rising to a gently everted rim, the exterior freely decorated with alternating dragon and phoenix against floral sprigs, below a band of the 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' interspersed with ruyi, all between line borders, the center with a roundel enclosing an iron-red dragon pursuing a 'flaming pearl', the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
Diameter 6 1/8 in., 15.6 cm
Provenance:
Acquired between 1960s-1980s, and thence by descent.
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with deep rounded sides, resting on a subtly tapering foot rising to a gently everted rim, the exterior freely decorated with alternating dragon and phoenix against floral sprigs, below a band of the 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' interspersed with ruyi, all between line borders, the center with a roundel enclosing an iron-red dragon pursuing a 'flaming pearl', the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
Diameter 6 1/8 in., 15.6 cm
Provenance:
Acquired between 1960s-1980s, and thence by descent.