The deep rounded sides supported on a straight circular footring, decorated in bright shades of underglaze blue, painted with a design of a fenghuang flying among bamboo, a tree with spreading branches, another perched on rocks, painted to the interior with a large bloom, the glazed base with the six-charactermendation mark in underglaze blue, ‘precious as rare stone’ or ‘beautiful jade’ within a double circle in underglaze blue. Period: 18th century. Diameter: 16 cm.