A Chinese Imperial porcelain blue and white vase. Six character mark of Kangxi and of the period, 1662-1722.

A Chinese Imperial porcelain blue and white vase. Six character mark of Kangxi and of the period, 1662-1722.

of mallet form with tall cylindrical neck, beehive form body and flat foot rim, painted with two opened winged archaic style phoenix birds each with their heads turned holding a ring in their beaks. 7 3/8 inches, 18.7 cm high. Price on application

Notes: Formerly in the collection of J. T. Tai, New York.

Formerly in the collection of Cyrus and Mildred Churchill, Moleen, Illinois.

An identical vase in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing is illustrated by Chen Ren Min in Qing Dynasty, Underglaze Blue Porcelain of the Shunzhi and Kangxi Period in the Gugong Museum Collection, 2005, no. 266, p.412 and another is illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyantang Collection, volume II, no. 754, p. 126.

A similar vase with copper-red phoenix birds is illustrated by Wang Qingzheng, in Kangxi Porcelain Ware from the Shanghai Museum Collection, no. 71, p.108.

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