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A LARGE FAMILLE NOIRE 'PHOENIX TAIL' VASE
19TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated with phoenixes amidst blossoming trees, peony and magnolia on the body and chrysanthemum, aster and mallow on the neck.
27 1/8 in. (68.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Ralph M. Chait, New York, no. 6129 (according to label).
John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874-1960) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1960.

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