A LARGE DOUCAI 'PHOENIX' DISH YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD | 清雍正 鬪彩夔鳳八吉祥紋大盤 《大清雍正年製》款

A LARGE DOUCAI 'PHOENIX' DISH

YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD

清雍正 鬪彩夔鳳八吉祥紋大盤 《大清雍正年製》款

with wide flaring sides and everted rim, the interior finely painted with two confronting kui phoenixes and surrounded by foliate scrolls with four stylised lotus blooms, all encircled by a band of bajixiang ('Eight Buddhist Emblems') amongst ruyi clouds to the well and a border of cresting waves to the rim, the exterior decorated with lotus blooms borne on meandering leafy stem, the base with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue within a double circle

Diameter 48.3 cm, 19 in.