An Unusual Chinese Blue and White Bowl Of shallow saucer dish shape decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with two phoenix in flight amidst a continuous band of prunus, the glaze finishing at the foot to show burnt orange, the interior with a four character mark of Yongle surrounded by a band of scroll work, the inner and outer rims with a double blue ring, the foot with a single blue ring, the base unglazed. Period: probably 17th/18th century. Diameter: 16 cm.