An iron-red-ground and famille-verte 'bird and flower' yenyen vase
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
清康熙 五彩穿花鳳紋鳳尾尊
the baluster body sweeping to a wide trumpet neck with a flaring rim, the body brilliantly enameled with a pair of elegant phoenixes soaring amidst a continuous peony scroll, the thin looping stems issuing large stylized blooms and leaves in varying forms, the larger leaves picked out in emerald-green, all against a vibrant iron-red ground, the shoulder with a band of keyfret and a ruyi collar, and a further pendent ruyi-head band at the mouth, the base with a double circle in underglaze blue
Height 18 ? in., 46.7 cm
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.
來源
Ralph M. Chait Galleries,紐約