Live Auction 18823Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
A RARE LARGE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED 'PHOENIX-TAIL' VASE
Lot 1582 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA AND WALTER F. BROWN

A RARE LARGE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED 'PHOENIX-TAIL' VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Closed25 September 2020

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A RARE LARGE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED 'PHOENIX-TAIL' VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase is decorated on the body with a continuous scene of pavilions in a rocky landscape with a pagoda appearing between the clouds, beneath a band of small panels containing Buddhist emblems on a diaper ground on the shoulder, and a border of stiff leaves on the neck.
27 3/8 in. (69.5 cm.) high

Roger Keverne, London, 2013.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.

Specialist note


This large ‘phoenix-tail’ vase is finely decorated in iron-red enamel, with a remarkable retention of the gilt details. For two vases of similar shape and size, but with a more standard design of leaf bands and flower sprays, in the Christiansborg Palace, Denmark, see O.V. Krog et al, Treasures from the Forbidden City and The Royal Danish Court, p. 603, no. 182.