TWO UNDERGLAZE BLUE BOWLS QING DYNASTY

the first a blue and white bowl of an iron-red and underglaze blue heavily potted bowl with flaring sides, the exterior with a dragon and phoenix reaching for the same 'flaming pearl' amid clouds and flames over a turbulent sea, the base with an apocryphal Kangxi mark; the second an ogee form decorated with bands of diaper pattern and auspicious emblems, the base with a pair of fish in underglaze blue (2)

The blue and white ogee bowl: Cohen & Pearce, London, 1983.

The iron-red and underglaze blue bowl: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Selections from the Vanderbilt Museum and Other Private Collections, Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport, New York, 1983, cat. no. 21.