Dimensions: Width: 15.2 cm x Heigth: 10.2 cm

Chinese Ming Dynasty XuanDe Alum Red Phoenix Porcelain Bowl. The porcelain potted in a shallow, slight deep, flaring rim with close mouth rim, raised on ring foot base. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white color which contrast against alum red color, depicted of flying phoenix interspersed flowers, scrolling ruyi and tendril. The Phoenix Feng-Huang represents exquisiteness, goodness, warmth, prosperity, peace, the Sun, abundant harvests, and reason in government. The phoenix alone is a symbol of joy and peace, it heralds the coming of auspicious days.The Under-base bears a reign mark, a six under glazed red script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine rings. Made in The Years of XuanDe Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty.