A very rare blue and white 'phoenix' bowl
A very rare blue and white 'phoenix' bowl
Wanli six-character mark and of the period
The interior vividly painted with a circular panel enclosing two swooping phoenix in pursuit of each other amidst dense lotus scroll ground, the cavetto encircled by eight phoenix roundels below a border of lingzhi heads at the rim, the exterior with a wide frieze of two flying phoenix between a wan-diaper border at the rim and interlinking ruyi heads around the foot. 21cm (8 1/4in) diam.
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A very rare blue and white 'phoenix' bowl
Wanli six-character mark and of the period
The interior vividly painted with a circular panel enclosing two swooping phoenix in pursuit of each other amidst dense lotus scroll ground, the cavetto encircled by eight phoenix roundels below a border of lingzhi heads at the rim, the exterior with a wide frieze of two flying phoenix between a wan-diaper border at the rim and interlinking ruyi heads around the foot. 21cm (8 1/4in) diam.