A CHINESE ‘FAMILLE-VERTE’ PORCELAIN OVAL TWO-HANDLED BASIN, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722 清 康熙粉彩岁寒三友圖纹盆 The straight-sided oval body rising from a flat base to an everted rim, set to either end with a loop handle and all supported on three conical feet, decorated in overglaze famille-verte enamels and gold to the base of the interior with a phoenix in flight over the ‘Three Friends of Winter’, encircled at the sides by floral sprays and insects, each side of the exterior with an open scroll, one enclosing a phoenix above a peony spray and the other with a mandarin duck in a lotus pond, all reserved on a green seed ground Height: 11.5cm Length: 34cm Width: 24cm