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                                                                                                        A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE ‘PHOENIX-TAIL’ VASE

                                                                                                                19TH CENTURY
                                                                                                                    The body is decorated with alternating shaped panels containing Buddhist
                                                                                                                    lions and fowers, reserved on a red ground with foral meander between
                                                                                                                    decorative borders, and further decorated on the shoulder with shaped panels
                                                                                                                    containing four-clawed dragons and shou characters reserved on a diaper
                                                                                                                    cell ground. The tall trumpet-form neck is decorated with foral meander on a
                                                                                                                    vibrant green ground.
                                                                                                                    29 in. (73.7 cm.) high
                                                                                                                    $8,000-12,000
                                                                                                        清十九世紀 五彩花卉紋鳳尾尊

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