"Dragon and Phoenix" porcelain bowl, Qing Dynasty

Porcelain bowl with a semicircular body and curved walls slightly open toward the mouth, a rounded lip, and a narrow annular base. Decorated in wucai glazes (green, iron red, cobalt blue, yellow, and black) on a white ground. The exterior is lavishly ornamented with dynamic scenes of dragons and phoenixes among clouds, arranged successively alongside flowers and auspicious Buddhist emblems, such as the endless knot, the conch, and the victory cap. Inside, a five-clawed red dragon amid flames faces a flaming pearl. The base bears an underglaze blue seal inscribed “大清乾隆年製.” Qing Dynasty (1644–1912) or later.

Height: 7 cm; Diameter: 15 cm