The phoenix’s raised white body curls around the vase, its cobalt-blue paulownia perch anchored by a double band of underglaze clouds. This imperial symbol, masked and fired to stand stark against a blush-pink ground, invites questions of power and restraint in porcelain.

How does the phoenix’s yellow-glazed eye shift as you circle the vessel?
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