Lot 60. A fine blue and white 'phoenix' bowl, Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 20.7cm (8 1/8in) diam. Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 (€3,600 - 6,100). Sold for £ 4,375 (€ 4,910). Photo Bonhams.

Of rounded form with high walls rising to the everted rim, supported on a short foot, finely painted around the exterior in varying tones of blue with two pairs of confronted descending phoenix flanking an unmbrella above a peony blossom, below the rim painted on both sides with peony sprays, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a phoenix amidst peony. 

Provenance: a Dutch private collection

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014