A famille rose 'Phoenix' bowl, Guangxu six-character mark in underglaze blue of the period (1875-1908). The bowl with deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a slightly flaring rim, decorated to the exterior with four phoenixes in blue, pink, yellow, and green, in flight between four different flowers, all within two gilt borders. Provenance: A very similar pair sold at Sotheby's London, 6/11/2019, lot 154. Mossgreen Melbourne, 15/06/2011, lot 439, 17.6 cm diameter, 9 cm high