Dimensions: 1-1/2" H x 7-3/4" Dia.

Chinese Ming Dynasty Xuande blue and white Phoenix porcelain plate.
Thick potted with a shallow body, of a shallow vessel, broad wide cavetto, with a slightly flared lip and concave shallow draft. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the cobalt blue fine color. The Exterior body adorned with flying phoenix interspersed with lotus flowers blooms, scrolling tendril and foliage, surround the surface. The Chinese phoenix, or Feng huang, was the sacred bird of Chinese mythology and was generally depicted with similarity to an ornamental pheasant. The phoenix is beloved to be the king of all birds and also a symbol of good fortune. It symbolizes the sun, fertility, abundant harvest, good luck and longevity. During the Ming and Qing dynasties the Chinese phoenix was adopted as the symbol for the empress and charged with yin. This inadvertently gave texture, energy, and shading to the design. This inadvertently gave texture, energy, and shading to the design. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned.

Mark on under base, a six underglaze blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine blue rings, Xuande Reign Period of Great Ming Dynasty.

Over all in EXCELLENT condition.
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