WUCAI LOBED DEEP BOWL KANGXI PERIOD thinly potted on a straight foot raised to foliated rim, the exterior painted with snarling mythical beast and phoenix, butterflies and lotus, deer and cranes, the interior decorated with a pair of phoenixes amongst big blossoming peonies and stylised rocks in central medallion, all below a band of scrolling flowers around the mouth rim, the base inscribed a square mark in underglaze blue within double circles

(22cm diameter; 11.5cm high)

Footnote: Provenance: formerly a private Australian collection