Beschreibung:

Dated the 22nd year of Wanli's reign (AD 1594) and of the period
The deep saucer dish painted to the interior in vibrant underglaze blue of a violet tone with two confronted phoenixes (fenghuang) in flight, one ascending, the other descending, either side of a sun disc centered by the character ri (sun), amidst two large peony flowerheads on dense scrolling tendrils that spread around the well, the exterior with three large Buddhistic lions divided by three ribboned balls, the base of the dish with an extremely rare seven-line sixty-six character documentary inscription.
11 3/4in (30cm) diam