WUCAI  BOWL.     diam :  15 cm.

Painted in  WUCAI bright enamels ( = 5 colours) : on the exterior 2  " five-clawed" dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearls,separated by 2  phoenix birds amongst prunus and chrysant flowers, all beneath a band of bajixian alternating with ruyi heads  ;  the interior in " iron-red" , illustrating a medaillon with the dragon - flaming pearl .

period:        DAOGUANG :   1821 - 1850 .

mark  :           6 - character seal-mark in underglaze-blue .

refer. :        " Qing  Polychrome Porcelain ", The Hong Kong Museum " , 1977 , cat.n°32 
                  " The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong ", bulletin n°3, 1978, n° 7 .
                  " Recent Acquisition ",  Marchant & Son,  London 2005 , n° 61.