CHINESE IRON RED AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL,Jiaqing iron red seal mark, late 19th-early 20h century. Painted to depict phoenix bird perched on flowering branches. - 6 7/8 in. diam. Estimate $300-500
PROVENANCE: Estate of Thomas Eliot Weil, Washington DC, American Consul in Chong Qing in the 1930s-1940s. Vice-Consul at Canton, 1937-1938. Third Secretary of Embassy at Nanking 1938-1941, Vice-Consul at Shanghai 1941, in Japanese custody seven months.
