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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTION

1592

A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHOENIX TAIL’
VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The baluster body and tall trumpet-shaped neck are
decorated with continuous riverside landscape scenes
depicting fgures at leisurely pursuits amidst tall trees and
mountains.

30 in. (76 cm.) high

$20,000-30,000

It is unusual to fnd a large Kangxi blue and white ‘phoenix
tail’ vase of this type decorated with landscape designs, with
the additional band of insects amidst rocks and blossoming
plants around the base. For other large Kangxi ‘phoenix tail’
vases with landscape designs, but lacking the additional
decorative band around the base, see The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 36 - Blue and White
Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, p. 36,
no. 29; A. du Boulay, Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese
Ceramics, New Jersey, 1984, p. 197, no. 9; and the vase from
the Estate of Moira Rossi di Montelera and Benefciaries, sold
at Christie’s New York, 19 September 2006, lot 284, which
bore a cyclical date corresponding to 1713.
清康熙 青花通景山水圖大鳳尾尊

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