A blue and white phoenix tail vase


Kangxi periodPainted in shades of rich cobalt blue with a solitary fisherman in his boat on a water course surrounded by mountains that extend around the trumpet neck and repeat across the swelling body where a boatman has left two sages on a rocky shore amid by trees and rural dwellings, a double ring centering the recessed base (repaired and retouched). 17 3/4in (45.2cm) high