A Chinese blue-and-white 'phoenix' bowl, Xuande six-character underglaze-blue mark, Kangxi period, painted around the body in two registers with four phoenix-medallions alternating with 'shou'-characters, and four flaming mandalas connected with scrolling lotus, all between two banded borders, the interior with a 'shou'-character within floral borders with ruyi decoration to the central medallion, the rim with decorative border, 15.8 cm diam., 8.4 cm high