Circular Dish with Decoration of Phoenixes in Flight on the Interior and Eight Roundels, Each with an Auspicious Emblem, on the Exterior (one from a set)
Chinese
In addition to the Jiajing reign mark, there is a mark reading "Wehe" (Manchu for "stone" or "porcelain") incised into the base.
Enameled ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against an overglaze red enamel ground, the reserved elements embellished with green and black enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644