A SMALL FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER VASE

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30.05.2023 05:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 2824 | A SMALL FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER VASE
A SMALL FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The vase is decorated on one side with a bird, possibly a fork-tailed sunbird, perching on a fruiting lychee branch, accompanied by a poem describing the scene on the opposite side, all below three archaistic phoenixes at the shoulder.

7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high





Provenance

Bluett & Sons, London, May/June 1931, as recorded in the RHRP ledger

The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 238
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