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A MASSIVE FAMILLE NOIRE VASE
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD
Painted overall with small birds perched in the branches of a profusely blooming prunus tree, the craggy trunk growing from angular rocks beside daisies, grasses and bamboo, all on a lustrous black ground, six-character underglaze blue mark in a double circle on the base, now mounted as a lamp (cut down, neck broken and restored, some wear)--27in. (68.1cm.) high
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD
Painted overall with small birds perched in the branches of a profusely blooming prunus tree, the craggy trunk growing from angular rocks beside daisies, grasses and bamboo, all on a lustrous black ground, six-character underglaze blue mark in a double circle on the base, now mounted as a lamp (cut down, neck broken and restored, some wear)--27in. (68.1cm.) high