Lot 3298. A famille verte phoenix-tail vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 17 in. (43.2 cm.). Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000. Price realised HKD 500,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014.  

The trumpet-shaped neck is decorated with phoenix birds flying amidst flowering peonies, all reserved against an iron-red ground with white stylised ruyi and scrolls.

Provenance: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 4 November 1965, lot 85
J.T. Tai & Co. Collection, sold at Sotheby's New York, 22 March 2011. lot 321.