Lot 445. A copper-red 'Phoenix medallion' bowl, Daoguang seal mark and period (1821-1850). Diameter 5 3/4 in., 14.6 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 17,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

with rounded sides rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, the exterior decorated with five phoenix roundels, the phoenix with stylized head and their tails curled underneath, with one further roundel in the center of the interior, seal mark in underglaze blue. 

Provenance: C.C. Teng & Co., Taipei, 1996.

Sotheby's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART. 18 MARS 2014 - 19 MARS 2014. NEW YORK