Lot 478. A wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowl, Qianlong seal mark and period. Diameter 6 1/8 in., 15.5 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's.

the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, brightly painted and enameled around the exterior with a green and red dragon in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', divided by phoenix in flight and reserved on a dense leafy scroll ground, all below the bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems) and ruyi band at the rim, the interior with a dragon medallion six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. 

Sotheby's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART. 18 MARS 2014 - 19 MARS 2014. NEW YORK -www.sothebys.com