Lot 2685. A fine and rare doucai 'Phoenix' meiping, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 46 cm., 18 in. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD. Lot sold 740,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2010

the round-shouldered elegantly waisted tapering body rising from a recessed base to a short narrow waisted neck with an everted rim, brightly painted and enamelled around the exterior with a broad leafy composite floral scroll band, all between a lotus-lappet band at the base and a collar enclosing a pair of phoenix in flight amidst a leafy floral scroll below the neck.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30th April 1991, lot 128.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 Oct 2010.