A famille rose 'Dragon and phoenix' bottle vase, probably Republic period, of squat globular form surmountd by a tall cylindrical neck, decorated with a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl and a phoenix in flight among trailing cloud scrolls, above a band of waves and rocks, the neck with four bats below a cloud collar borders, the base inscribed in iron-red with a six-character mark of Guangxu, 32.5 cm high, Compare with a similar pair of vases sold, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 1 April 2015, lot 236