TWO CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'PHOENIX' KENDI KANGXI 1662-1722 Each with a quatrefoil body and a tall...

TWO CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'PHOENIX' KENDI KANGXI 1662-1722 Each with a quatrefoil body and a tall neck decorated with panels of flower sprays and floral and geometric patterns, the spouts formed as phoenix heads, 20cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection R W M Walker Esq., then purchased Sotheby's London, 12th July 1945, lot 75 by D J K Wright for £150, and later the collection of Mr Arthur Crick (1890-1956). Cf. C J A Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p.162, no.177 for a similar pair of kendi.