A BLUE AND WHITE 'PHOENIX MEDALLION' JAR QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

of ovoid form painted with three medallions, framed by brackets of stylised cloud scrolls, each roundel composed of a phoenix in flight amidst smaller clouds, all between cloud scrolls and Bajixiang emblems encircling the shoulder and lower body, a further band of cloud scrolls below the rim, the base with a leaf within a double circle in underglaze blue
12.4 cm, 4 7/8 in.