Description the centre painted with a pair of phoenix surrounded by stylised peonies and scrolling foliage, enclosed by a double iron-red line border, the rim painted and enamelled with alternating cartouches enclosed by a lattice ground, raised on a low foot, 25,5cm diameter
Condition Report The enamels and paint with age related wear The rim with fritting and glaze chips, the largest measuring 0,9 by 0,2cm There is an area of firing flaws in the border area which runs into a hairline crack measuring approximately 15cm long With green enamels to the reverse worn
Literature c.f. CS Woodward (1974) Oriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1795, AA Balkema, Cape Town, a similar example illustrated on page 13, fig. 20.