Lot 2924. A large famille noire ‘phoenix-tail’ vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 28 3⁄8 in. (72 cm.) high. Price realised HKD 625,000 (Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 800,000). © Christie's 2021

The body of the vase is finely decorated with polychrome enamels depicting birds on blossoming leafy branches. The neck is similarly decorated with further peony, chrysanthemum, aster and mallow blooms.

Provenance: Sold at Bonhams London, 11 November 2002, lot 152.

Note: The present vase can be compared to a very similarly decorated ‘phoenix-tail’ vase from the Kangxi period of almost the same size in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, bequest of John D. Rockefeller Jr, 1960, accession number 61.200.9.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 3 Dec 2021

NDB: Le vase du MET est répertorié comme étant 19th century...

Vase with birds and flowers, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century. Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over black ground (Jingdezhen ware, famille noire). H. 27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm). Bequest of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1960, 61.200.9. © 2000–2021 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.