D. 15 cm Condition A FINE IMPERIAL WUCAI DRAGON AND PHOENIX BOWL, China, Daoguang seal mark and of the period. With deep rounded sides above a short foot rising to a slightly everted rim, the exterior of the body with two five-clawed dragons amidst floral and leafy vines, each chasing a flaming pearl and interspersed by a pair of phoenix, all beneath a band of ruyi-head scrolls interspersed between auspicious Buddhist Emblems, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a scaly five-clawed dragon reaching for a flaming pearl amidst fire and cloud scrolls, the base with a six-character zhuanshu seal mark-Provenance: Old French private collection, assembled prior 1980-For an example of a very similar pair of wucai bowls, Daoguang marks and period, see The Wonders of the Potter's Palette. Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, no.100. See also another example from the Muwen Tang collection, illustrated by S.Kwan, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Hong Kong, 1983, no.44-Very small enamel flake to dragon head inside otherwise fine