Edward Luper
Specialist, Chinese Works of Art
Lot 46*
A blue and white 'Eight Immortals' 'phoenix-tail' vase Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi
12 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,500 inc. premium
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A blue and white 'Eight Immortals' 'phoenix-tail' vase
Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi
The waisted body rising to a tall trumpet neck, finely painted around the body and neck with eight cloud-shaped panels, each enclosing a Daoist Immortal with their respective attribute, all reserved on a diaper ground. 45.7cm (18in) high
The waisted body rising to a tall trumpet neck, finely painted around the body and neck with eight cloud-shaped panels, each enclosing a Daoist Immortal with their respective attribute, all reserved on a diaper ground. 45.7cm (18in) high
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清康熙 青花錦地開光八仙圖鳳尾尊
青花「大清成化年製」楷書款
Compare with a similar blue and white phoenix-tail vase, Kangxi period, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, p.33, pl.27. Another related phoenix-tail vase, Kangxi period, is illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Ceramics 21, Beijing, 2013, pp.180-181, pl.108.
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