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343 THE FONTHILL 清康熙 粉彩百鳥朝鳳圖大棒槌瓶
‘PHOENIX’ VASE, A

MAGNIFICENT AND
RARE ROSE-VERTE
ROULEAU VASE

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period PROVENANCE 來源
the tall, cylindrical body rising to a waisted Collection of Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), 艾弗瑞·莫里森 (1821-1897) 收藏，放山居，蒂斯
neck surmounted by a galleried rim, superbly Fonthill House, Tisbury, Wiltshire. 伯裡，威爾特郡
enameled in exquisitely modulated tones of Collection of John Granville Morrison, the Rt. 約翰·格蘭維爾•莫里森，Rt. Hon. Margadale of
blue, green, pink, yellow, aubergine, iron red, Hon. The Lord Margadale of Islay, T.D., J.P., Islay 勳爵，T.D., J.P., D.L. (1906-1996) 收藏
white and black, with a rich, varied and lively D.L. (1906-1996). 倫敦佳士得1970年5月4日，編號23
scene centering on an elegant phoenix poised Christie’s London, 4th May 1970, lot 23. 香港蘇富比1977年5月16日，編號216
atop rockwork, the pink-and yellow-breasted Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 16th May 1977, lot 216. 摩納哥蘇富比1987年6月22日，編號1465
bird trailing long, flowing bluish-green tail Sotheby’s Monaco, 22nd June 1987, lot 1465. 美國私人收藏
feathers, the keen-eyed yellow head, above American Private Collection. Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2004年
a slender, fully-plumed, sinuous neck, gazing Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 2004.
at a large densely-petaled pink peony flower 出版
issuing from a green, leafy stem arching LITERATURE Jeffrey P. Stamen、Cynthia Volk 及倪亦斌，
slightly under the weight of the heavy blossom, Jeffrey P. Stamen, Cynthia Volk with Yibin Ni, A 《文采卓然：潔蕊堂藏康熙盛世瓷》，布呂
another ample bloom in blue to one side, all Culture Revealed, Kangxi-Era Chinese Porcelain 赫，2017年，圖版56
amid a colorful, bustling array of varying birds from the Jie Rui Tang Collection, Bruges, 2017,
including ducks, peacocks, cranes, herons, cat. no. 56.
and orioles and further flowers such as lotus,
hydrangea and magnolia, set below a band
of floral meander on a green-stippled ground
enclosing alternating reserves of crab and fish
along the shoulder, the neck with a slender
border of pink carp leaping among swirling
green waves below lush chrysanthemum
blooms emerging from rockwork amid further
flowering plants with a butterfly fluttering
overhead and a pair of crickets perched on
leaves, the base white-glazed, coll. no. 1395
Height 29⅝ in., 75.2 cm
$ 300,000-500,000

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