A clair-de-lune-glazed carved archaistic bottle vase19th centuryThe rounded body carved with a central band with four pairs of stylised phoenix issuing from archaistic squared scrolls between two narrow bands of incised key-fret, the straight neck with stiff upward-pointing lappets and stylised taotie masks at the mouth, the exterior all covered with a delicate pale blue glaze pooling at the recesses and reaching into the interior of the neck. 41.8cm (16 1/2in) high注脚ProvenanceA Swiss Private Collection.