A Chinese famille verte dish
Kangxi (1662-1722)
Enamelled with two phoenix surrounding a central roundel depicting two song-birds on a prunus branch, the stepped well painted with a green dotted band reserved with peony heads and foliage between four alternate cartouches of carp and lobsters, all below a moulded 'pie-crust' rim in iron-red and gilt (frittings)
37.8cm. diam.