Details A SMALL FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER VASEKANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)The vase is decorated on one side with a bird, possibly a fork-tailed sunbird, perching on a fruiting lychee branch, accompanied by a poem describing the scene on the opposite side, all below three archaistic phoenixes at the shoulder.7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high Provenance Bluett & Sons, London, May/June 1931, as recorded in the RHRP ledgerThe Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 238 Conditions of sale