A blue and white phoenix dish, Qing dynasty, Guangxu mark and period (1875-1908).
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With wide flaring sides, the interior decorated with two confronting phoenix birds amidst clouds, the underside similarly decorated. Diameter 26.5 cm.
Provenance
Property of a private Finnish Collection.
The collection was formed between 1980-2020, the collector has had an interest in China and Chinese Works of Art since childhood, growing up in Beijing. He returned to China in grownup years for work, he came to live in China altogether more than 40 years. His love of China, and Chinese works of art is mirrored in the collection and being an academic collector, he never got tired of learning more about the subject by studying literature, attending lectures, visiting museums, auction houses and befriending curators from Peking, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Stockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being part 1.
Purchased at Bukowskis, 2006, S172. Lot no 628.
Exhibitions
Compare with Sothebys, Important Chinese Art. Lot no 752. 22 March 2023, New York.