Lot 445. A large and superb blue and white 'phoenix and peony' vase, tianqiuping, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing-Daoguang period (1796-1850); 56.8 cm, 22⅜ in. Estimate: 80,000 - 100,000 HKD. Lot sold: 327,600 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.

Note: See a Daoguang mark-and-period covered jar in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, similarly decorated with a pair of phoenix amongst a peony scroll, included in Guanyang yuci. Gugong bowuyuan cang Qingdai zhi ci guanyang yu yuyao ciqi [Official designs for imperial porcelains: Qing dynasty official ceramic designs and imperial porcelain in the Palace Museum], Beijing, 2007, no. 81, together with a closely related drawing of the design.