A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DOUBLE PHOENIX' DISH WANLI 1573-1620 Decorated to the centre...

A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DOUBLE PHOENIX' DISH WANLI 1573-1620 Decorated to the centre with a pair of phoenix on a floral ground within a rich patterned border and panels with birds, fruit and flowers around the shaped rim, 47.5cm. Cf. M Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, p.99, pl.87 for a related large dish painted with pheasants from the Troesch Collection, Switzerland.