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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
A LARGE FAMILLE-VERTE ‘PHOENIX’
DISH
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
the interior vividly enameled with a pair of
phoenix in mutual gaze, one soaring above, the
other strutting within a balustraded garden, a
pair of cockerels in the foreground, ß owering
peony emerging from rockwork and a jardiniere
containing ‘the three friends’ bamboo, pine
and prunus, amid further foliage and a bright,
colorful butterß y ß uttering overhead, all
enclosed within a dense border of further
prunus, bamboo and gnarled pine reserving
four butterß ies, the underside with three
camellia branches in iron-red and green enamel
Diameter 15¼ in., 39 cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 7th November 2006, lot 258.
$ 4,000-6,000
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
A PAIR OF FAMILLE-VERTE DOUBLE-
GOURD ‘LOTUS’ VASES
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
each with with a larger compressed globular
lower bulb, sweeping up to a constricted waist
supporting a smaller upper bulb rising to a
tapering neck and straight rim, both sections
similarly painted with a scrolling band of
ß owering lotus borne on an undulating, leaÞ ng
stem (2)
Height 7¾ in., 19.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.

$ 5,000-7,000
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