of square section, the slightly rounded flaring sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, painted to each side with a phoenix soaring amidst floral blossoms borne on undulating stems bearing lush foliage, the interior decorated with a stylised character within a double square to the centre and a key-fret band to the rim, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue.

Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 20th March 1990, lot 537.