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A large wucai 'dragon and phoenix' dish, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722)
Lot 615. A large wucai 'dragon and phoenix' dish, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722). Diameter 12 3/4 in., 32.3 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 27,500 USD. © Sotheby's
the shallow rounded sides supported on a gently tapered foot, brightly enameled to the center with a pair of confronting dragons divided by a pair of swooping phoenix, against a dense ground of leafy peony stems, the cavetto and exterior similarly decorated with the creatures in profile, the recessed base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.
Provenance: Collection of Lois Templer Baker (1895-1956), acquired in Europe circa 1920s, and thence by descent.
A dish with the same composition was included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition, The Animal in Chinese Art, London, 1968, cat. no. 116; another in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated in John Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, pl. 192.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 September 2019
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