Mid Qing, finely potted in the form of an open mallow flower, the low walls smoothly rounded to an everted and lobed rim, the petals outlined by elegantly incised S-curves to the underside, painted in underglaze blue with a central medallion of phoenix encircled by a band of scrolls, three similarly painted phoenix near the rim, the base with seal mark. Diameter 8 1/2 in.