Zhangzhou Polychrome Phoenix Dish

Ming Dynasty, 1570-1650

Polychrome Enamel

China

D:27cm x H:4.5cm

A polychrome decorated dish with overglaze iron-red, green and turquoise enamels, combined with outlines in black. The central medallion is decorated with a pair of phoenixes flying among large peonies and lotus flowers and foliage growing in a garden, all enclosed within double red lines. The border is painted with four foliated and four round medallions filled with flowering lotus plants on a fish scale ground.