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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE
COLLECTION
AN UNUSUAL FAMILLE-VERTE
‘BIRDS’ ROULEAU VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
the slightly tapering cylindrical body resting
on a short foot below a slim neck and galleried
rim, densely and vibrantly enameled with
the ‘Hundred Birds’ motif including a pair
of phoenix, amidst large peony blooms in a
verdant rocky landscape by a lotus pond, the
shoulder with four fruit-shaped cartouches
enclosing auspicious objects against a floral
brocade ground, the neck with two rectangular
panels each painted with a ‘bird and flower’
scene against a flowerhead and ruyi ground,
one with two seals, the neck with a band of
keyfret
Height 18 in., 46 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 9th May 1972, lot 143.
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 2nd
February 1976.
Finely enameled, the present vase has an
unusually dense composition of various birds
and flowers. For vases with similarly dense
enameling and subject matter, compare a vase
with phoenix and birds sold at Christie’s New
York, 27th November 1991, lot 365; another
with peacocks sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
26th September 1989, lot 600A; and one sold
at Christie’s London, 23rd March 1987, lot 175.
See also two with plainer necks sold in our
London rooms, 14th May 1966, lot 190, and 9th
May 1972, lot 106.

$ 15,000-25,000

清康熙 五彩富貴吉祥圖棒槌瓶
來源
紐約蘇富比1972年5月9日，編號143
Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，
1976年2月2日

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