Lot 8230. A wucai-decorated dragon and phoenix bowl, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period (1875-1911). Estimate US$ 4,000 - 6,000 (€3,600 - 5,500). Photo Bonhams.

Its wide curving well centered with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl within an underglaze blue double ring while the exterior walls display a band of trifid leaves and rope separating each of the bajixiang drawn above opposing pairs of dragons and phoenix birds amid flowering branches, the mark written in underglaze blue regular script beneath the celadon-tinged glaze on the recessed base. 5 7/8in (15cm) diameter

Bonhams. CHINESE, INDIAN, HIMALAYAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART AND PAINTINGS, 2016-06-28, 12:00 PDT, SAN FRANCISCO