Kangxi|The well-rounded body with phoenix in flight amongst roundels of flowering prunus, the lid modelled as a Buddhist lion atop pine leaves.|17cm (6 3/4in) wide. (2).|For a ewer of very similar shape, but slightly different decoration, see Woolley and Wallis, Asian Art I, 21 May 2014, lot 66.Illustrating a ewer of same shape but different decoration, held in the collection of the Rijkmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. no. AK-NM 6574, C.J.A. Jorg suggests that the large size is a sign that this vessel was originally intended for use as a wine ewer, although in Europe it would have been used as a teapot; see. C.J.A. Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the collection of the Rijkmuseum, Amsterdam, 1997, Amsterdam, p. 249, pl. 286.