A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'PHOENIX' DISH

KANGXI 1662-1722

Rising from a tapering foot to an everted rim, painted with a central phoenix being encircled by eight further mythical birds, they fly with their long tail feathers trailing behind them, the underside similarly decorated with four phoenix, with an artemisia leaf contained within double rings to the base, together with a wood stand, 33.3cm. (2)