Lot 2694. A fine pair of celadon-ground iron-red 'phoenix' medallion bowls, seal marks and period of Daoguang (1821-1850); 14.5 cm., 5 3/4 in. Estimate 250,000 — 350,000 HKD. Lot Sold 437,500 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's 2010.

each body with deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, decorated around the exterior with five large iron-red phoenix medallions and a single one to the interior, all reserved on a pale even celadon-green glaze thinning to white at the rim, the base glazed white with an underglaze blue six-character seal mark.