Lot 3694. A pair of blue and white 'Phoenix' dishes, Marks and period of Kangxi (1662-1722). Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 250,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.
each with shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot to an everted rim, finely decorated in shaded tones of cobalt blue, the interior with a medallion enclosing a pair of phoenix with outstretched wings and billowing tail feathers, the mythical creatures interrupted by ruyi-shaped clouds, all within a double-line border repeated at the rim, the exterior similarly rendered with a pair of phoenix divided by ruyi-shaped clouds, the base with a six-character reign mark within a double-circle; 16.4 cm, 6 3/8 in.
Provenance: Sotheby's Paris, 6th December 2007, lot 108..
Notes: A similar dish was sold in these rooms, 30th April 1996, lot 419.
Sotheby's, Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 05 oct. 2016