A Chinese gilt-decorated powder blue porcelain vase
A Chinese gilt-decorated powder blue porcelain “Phoenix-tail” vase Kangxi period
With a wide flared neck, decorated with prunus and chrysanthemum, birds, and fish; the body with rectangular reserves of insects and flowers, interspersed with leaf-form reserves of fish and butterflies.
(H: 18 in.)
Provenance: Roy Davids Collection
R & G McPherson Antiques, London, Acquired from the above, December 1, 2006
Property from a private American Collection
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A Chinese gilt-decorated powder blue porcelain “Phoenix-tail” vase Kangxi period
With a wide flared neck, decorated with prunus and chrysanthemum, birds, and fish; the body with rectangular reserves of insects and flowers, interspersed with leaf-form reserves of fish and butterflies.
(H: 18 in.)
Provenance: Roy Davids Collection
R & G McPherson Antiques, London, Acquired from the above, December 1, 2006
Property from a private American Collection