Octagonal Broad-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Ascending and Descending Phoenixes amid Flowers

Chinese

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoraiton painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Longqing nian zao" within a double circle on the base

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644