£4,500
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 578
Auction: 6 November 2019 at 12:00 GMT
道光款 五彩龍翔鳳舞碗
the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a subtly everted rim, the exterior vividly painted with two five-clawed dragons in red and green respectively, accompanied by two phoenixes chasing 'flaming pearls', all above a band of the Ashtamangala- eight Buddhist auspicious emblems, intermitent with ruyi motifs on the rim, the interior with a medallion of a red five-clawed dragon grasping for a 'flaming pearl', the base with a six-character Daoguang mark in seal inscription
Note: for a nearly identical bowl, sold at Sotheby's New York on 13 September 2017, lot 3