Lot 3715. A fine pair of iron-red decorated celadon-ground bowls, Daoguang six-character sealmarks and of the period (1821-1850); 5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price Realized HKD 437,500. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011  

Each with deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim, decorated on the exterior with five phoenix roundels in soft iron-red, the phoenixes depicted with stylised heads and sweeping tails, with one further phoenix roundel in the centre of the interior all on a celadon ground, the bases glazed white with underglaze blue sealmarks. 

Provenance: Chait Galleries, New York, 1990's
An American private collection