Lot 3172. A doucai 'phoenix and flower' dish, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 19 cm., 7 1/2 in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot Sold 300,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

vividly painted in bright enamels against an underglaze-blue outline with a three colourful phoenix encircling a lotus flower, set against a dense foliate scroll ground, the exterior similarly decorated with four phoenix alternating with lotus flowers on a foliate scroll ground, the underglaze-blue reign mark inscribed on the base.