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A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHOENIX’ INCENSE A CHINESE WUCAI BALUSTER VASE
BURNER TRANSITIONAL C.1640
KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted to the exterior with a scene of officials and their attendants by a
The bombé-shaped body painted with six phoenix medallions, the mythical garden pavilion, the reverse with a plantain tree growing amidst rockwork,
birds divided by stylised clouds, with a band of ruyi-heads encircling the the short straight neck decorated with peony blooms and encircled by a band
flared rim, all raised on a straight circular foot, with double rings to the base, of cracked-ice, 29.5cm.
24cm. £1,500-2,500
£2,000-3,000 Provenance: from an English private collection.

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