Guangxu six-character mark and of the period Boldly enamelled to the centre with a pair of confronted striding dragons pursuing a flaming pearl amongst cloud scrolls and thunderbolts, encircled by the Eight Buddhist Emblems, each ribbon-tied on a ground of blossoming flowers, all below a border of key-fret, the reverse with four exotic long-tailed phoenix flying amidst vaporous clouds, all delicately picked out in multi-coloured enamels, the base with the six-character mark in iron red. 51.3cm (20 1/2in) diam.