Lot 104. A wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowl, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722), 6 in. (15.3 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000 (USD 9,002 - USD 12,860) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017. 

The exterior is decorated with one iron-red and one green dragon each chasing a flaming pearl amongst scrolling flowers, separated by downward-swooping phoenixes, all below a band of bajixiang and ruyi heads to the rim. There is an iron-red dragon amongst green flames in the interior. 

Provenance: Old private UK collection.

Note: A pair of bowls with this design was included in the Hong Kong O.C.S. Exhibition of Ch'ing Polychrome Porcelain, 1979, no. 32, and a single bowl is illustrated in the The Tsui Museum of Art: Chinese Ceramics IV; Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 96. See, also, the pair sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 May 2014, lot 3317.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics And Works of Art, 9 May 2017, London, King Street