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                                                                                                        A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE
                                                                                                        ‘PHOENIX TAIL’ VASE

                                                                                                                                                     19TH CENTURY

                                                                                                                    The vase is decorated with a long-tailed bird
                                                                                                                    perched on rocks amidst tall, blossoming
                                                                                                                    trees and smaller birds in fight. The base is
                                                                                                                    inscribed with an apocryphal
                                                                                                                    Chenghua mark.
                                                                                                                    29¿ in. (73.9 cm.) high, wood stand
                                                                                                                                  $6,000-8,000

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        PROVENANCE

                                                                                                                    Morgan Collection, no. 804 (according
                                                                                                                    to label).
                                                                                                                    Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham Collection.
                                                                                                                    The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
                                                                                                                    New York, accessioned in 1962.
                                                                                                                                  清十九世紀 綠地素三彩芙蓉錦雞圖鳳尾尊
                                                                                                                                  來源
                                                                                                                                  摩根珍藏,編號804(据標簽所知)。
                                                                                                                                  Harry Payne Bingham 夫人捐贈。
                                                                                                                                  紐約大都會藝術博物館,入藏於1962年。

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