each of ogee form, the exterior painted with a pair of phoenix soaring amongst scrolling clouds, their long tails billowing in the wind, similarly decorated to the interior with a central medallion enclosing a swooping and a soaring phoenix amidst clouds, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark

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The bowls are in overall good condition with minor characteristic firing imperfections, the most visible an approx. 0.9 cm firing crack to one bowl.
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