A 'MIRROR BLACK'-GLAZED 'PHOENIX-TAIL' VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Details

A 'MIRROR BLACK'-GLAZED 'PHOENIX-TAIL' VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
With a double bow-string border at the base of the broad trumpet-shaped neck, the exterior covered with a lustrous black glaze in contrast to the white interior, with traces of gilt decoration
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Thomas Barlow Walker Collection.
Christie's, New York, 25 October 1975, lot 215.

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Lot Essay

Compare the similar vase of comparable size (41.7 cm.), also dated to the Kangxi period, illustrated in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, the Zhuyuetang Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, no. 156, where the black glaze is also referred to as a wujin glaze.

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