A Wucai ‘Dragon and Phoenix’ Bowl The deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, brightly painted and enamelled around the exterior with a green and red dragon in pursuit of a ‘flaming pearl’, divided by phoenix in flight and reserved on a dense leafy scroll ground, all below the bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems) and ruyi band at the rim, the interior with a dragon medallion, the base with a six-character seal mark of Qianlong in underglaze blue. Period: Qianlong (1735‑1796). Diameter: 13 cm.