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A BLUE AND WHITE MALLET VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase has a domed body and a tall cylindrical
neck rising to a lipped rim, and is decorated with
two stylized phoenixes grasping a ring in their
beaks. The base is inscribed with an artemisia leaf.
7Ω in. (19.1 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000
A related Kangxi-period mallet-form blue and
white vase in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is
illustrated in Qingdai yuyao ciqi, vol. I, part II,
Beijing 2005, pp. 102-3, no. 40. See, also, the
similar vase, but incorporating copper-red in the
phoenix decoration and bearing a yu (jade) mark
on the base, from the Gordon Collection, sold at
Christie’s New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1150.
清康熙 青花雙陸尊

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