Lot 3055. A fine blue and white 'Phoenix' dish, Seal mark and period of Daoguang (1821-1850); 16.4 cm., 6 1/2  in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 HKD. Lot sold 106,250 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.

thinly potted, with shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to a gently flared rim, finely decorated on the interior with a central medallion enclosing a male and a female phoenix confronting each other among clouds, the two mythical birds distinguished by their curling and serrated tail feathers spreading out within a double-line border, the exterior similarly painted with two phoenix pursuing each other amidst clouds, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark.