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A LARGE AND FINELY PAINTED FAMILLE
VERTE ‘PHOENIX TAIL’ VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The body is decorated with a scene of an oficial
and his consort, surrounded by courtiers, enjoying
entertainment from two performers and a band
of musicians, while two other oficials sit outside
on horseback shielded by parasols held aloft by
attendants. The neck is enameled with a scene
of another oficial with attendants reprimanding
a young woman kneeling beside a spilled cup
and chopsticks while another woman stands
eavesdropping from behind a partition.
30º in. (76.8 cm.) high
$60,000-80,000

PROVENANCE

The Cleveland Museum of Art; Christie’s New
York, 21 September 2000, lot 314.
Christie’s New York, 20 September 2005, lot 317.
清康熙 五彩人物故事圖大鳳尾尊

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