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Decorative arts
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About this Item
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
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.