A BLUE AND WHITE 'PHOENIX' BOWL JIAJING MARK AND PERIOD |

of square section, the slightly rounded flaring sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, painted to each side with a phoenix soaring amidst floral blossoms borne on undulating stems bearing lush foliage, the interior decorated with a stylised character within a double square to the centre and a key-fret band to the rim, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue

Christie's Hong Kong, 20th March 1990, lot 537.

Apart from some surface wear and minor firing imperfections, including iron spots, tiny glaze pulls and small firing cracks, as well as a tiny chip to one of the corner of the foot, which may have occurred in the manufacturing process, this bowl is in very good condition,
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