Lot 541 Dα

A wucai dragon and phoenix dish. Kangxi six-character mark and of the period (1662-1722)

A wucai dragon and phoenix dish, painted on the interior in underglaze-blue and enamelled in vibrant tones of green, iron-red, yellow and aubergine, with a pair of five-clawed dragons and a pair of phoenixes on a dense ground of peony blossoms and foliage, the inner and outer sides with similar designs of striding dragons and phoenixes in flight amidst further blossoms and foliage, all within double-line borders. Kangxi six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1662-1722).
Diameter 25.2 cm