A fine and rare Yellow and Green 'Dragon and Phoenix' Bowl mark and period of Kangxi

finely potted with rounded sides, resting on a slightly tapered foot, the decoration delicately incised and painted in green enamel on a bright egg-yolk yellow ground, the interior with a central medallion off radiating lingzhi, the convoluted stems forming a shou character, the exterior with a five-clawed dragon, a male and female phoenix, and a crane in mutual pursuit amid cloud scrolls and flames, below a classic scroll border around the rim, and above a band of upright petals above the foot, the white-glazed base inscribed with the six-character mark within a double circle

There are two short hairline cracks on the rim 1.5 cm and 2 cm. The overall condition is still quite good.
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Compare a slightly smaller bowl of this shape and design, also with a Kangxi reign mark and of the period, included in the exhibition The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, cat.no. 23; and another included in the exhibition Qing Mark and Period Monochrome and Two-Coloured Wares, S. Marchant and Son, London, 1992, cat.no. 5. 

See also a related green and yellow Kangxi bowl finely incised with the design of birds and fruiting branches illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 15, Tokyo, 1983, fig. 73, from the National Palace Museum collection.