A LARGE AND FINELY PAINTED FAMILLE VERTE 'PHOENIX TAIL' VASE, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

A LARGE AND FINELY PAINTED FAMILLE VERTE 'PHOENIX TAIL' VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The body is decorated with a scene of an official and his consort, surrounded by courtiers, enjoying entertainment from two performers and a band of musicians, while two other officials sit outside on horseback shielded by parasols held aloft by attendants. The neck is enameled with a scene of another official with attendants reprimanding a young woman kneeling beside a spilled cup and chopsticks while another woman stands eavesdropping from behind a partition.
30 ¼ in. (76.8 cm.) high

Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art; Christie's New York, 21 September 2000, lot 314.
Christie's New York, 20 September 2005, lot 317.