| The shallow rounded sides resting on a short foot, the centre colourfully painted in bright doucai enamels with three feathery phoenix in mid-flight around a stylised peony spray, the exterior decorated with a further four phoenix separated by more peony blooms issuing from meandering vines, all between single and double line borders, with an alternating 'C'-scroll and dot-decorated band encircling the foot, inscribed on the base with the six-character Qianlong seal mark in underglaze-blue and of the period. Restoration. 7 1/2 in. diam.
Provenance: New York collection
This dish is one of the more rare examples of Qianlong doucai. For an identical example See Sotheby's Hong Kong, October 8, 2008, Lot 2640 which sold for $29,000. The price of the dish being offered here reflects that there has been restoration to the piece. |
