ID 960159
Lot 2824 | A SMALL FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER VASE
Estimate value
HKD 400 000 – 600 000
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
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Kangxi period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Kangxi period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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