Of rounded flaring sides rising from the slightly inverted foot ring, the exterior vividly painted in underglaze blue and enamelled in red, green, yellow and aubergine, with four alternating five-clawed dragons and phoenixes pursuing the flaming pearl amidst foliate floral scrolls, below the rim with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, the interior decorated with a central medallion enclosing a five-clawed dragon pursuing the flaming pearl amidst fire scrolls. 

Provenance: a European private collection.

Note: Compare similarly decorated wucai bowls, Kangxi marks and of the period, of sizes varying from 10.4cm - 16.4cm diam., illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, nos.135-136; and another illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Zhongguo qingdai guanyao ciqi, Shanghai, 2003, p.86. 

A similar but smaller bowl was sold at Bonhams London on 10 November 2011, lot 90.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 17 May 2018, 10:30 BST, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET