Lot 43. Two blue and white 'Phoenix' brushwashers, Jiajing marks and period (1522-1566). Diameter 5 1/4 in., 13.2 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 USD. Lot sold 68,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's

each painted on the interior with a pair of phoenix circling amongst clouds, the lobed rim with a band of cranes flying amidst clouds on the interior and a band of elongated dragons on the exterior, six-character mark in underglaze blue (2). 

Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw

Provenance: Collection of J. Post, London.
Sotheby's London, 11th December 1979, lot 269.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1st November 1994, lot 42.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012