Lot 605. A fine wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, Daoguang seal mark and period (1821-1850). Diameter 6 1/8  in., 15.6 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 16,250 USD. © Sotheby's

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.

Provenance: Acquired between 1960s-1980s, and thence by descent. 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 September 2019