明嘉靖 青花團鳳紋大盌 《大明嘉靖年製》款

painted around the exterior in dark cobalt-blue tones with six circular medallions enclosing confronting phoenix amidst clouds on a blue ground divided by trefoil cloud scrolls, all between a lappet band and lingzhi border, the interior with a recumbent qilin within concentric circles, a cell diaper border reserving phoenix around the rim, six-character mark in underglaze blue

1970或80年代入藏

The rim with some glaze gaps and fritting and also a single hairline crack approximately 3 1/2 inches in length. The interior well with firing flaws comprised of glaze cracks, glaze gaps and some adhesions. There is wear to the surface overall and scattered iron spots.
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A similar example is illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, cat. II, London, 1986, cat. no. 992 where the author notes that there are six bowls of this type in the collection and all are inscribed with six-character Jiajing reign marks.