A pair of wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowls
Tongzhi six-character marks and of the periodEach bowl with an iron-red and blue five-clawed dragon in mutual pursuit amongst peony sprays, with two elaborately feathered phoenix, below a ruyi-head band interspersed with the Eight Buddhist Emblems below the mouth rim, the interior with a further front-facing dragon. Each: 18cm (7 1/8in) diam. (2).