A DOUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY | 清十八世紀 鬪彩龍鳳呈祥紋圓屏

A DOUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' PLAQUE

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

清十八世紀 鬪彩龍鳳呈祥紋圓屏

of flattened circular form, painted on one side with a sinuous leaping five-clawed dragon and a swooping phoenix in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst flames and ruyi-shaped clouds, all within a stylised scroll border 

Diameter 31.8 cm, 12½ in.