A BLUE AND WHITE 'PHOENIX' MALLET VASE, KANGXI PERIOD China, 1662-1722. The vase has a domed body and a tall, slightly waisted neck rising to a lipped rim, and is finely painted in dark, grayish shades of underglaze blue with two stylized phoenixes grasping a ring in their beaks. The countersunk base with a double circle. Provenance: From a Danish private collection. Old collector's note, 'China ca. 1680 […] transitional […] Ming […] Ching […] Kangshi' is accompanying this lot. Condition: Very good condition with old wear and firing flaws, such as pitting, dark spots, and glaze recesses. Minute frits, glaze flakes, and microscopic surface scratches throughout. Weight: 673 g Dimensions: Height 20 cm During the early Qing dynasty, up until the early 1680s, conditions were unsettled in China and the making of Imperial wares as well as the use of reign marks on porcelain was restricted in various ways. During this period, different types of other marks came into use, including lingzhi fungus marks and double circles. Literature comparison: A related Kangxi-period mallet-form blue and white vase in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Qingdai yuyao ciqi, vol. I, part II, Beijing 2005, pp. 102-3, no. 40. Vases of this mallet or 'horse hoof' shape with similar decoration in copper red are in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated by Wang Qingzheng (ed.) in Kangxi Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, p. 108, no. 71, and in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 15, Tokyo, 1983, pl. 141. Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related blue and white mallet vase with stylized phoenixes, also dated to the Kangxi period and with an artemisia leaf mark, at Christie's New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 15 September 2017, lot 1201, sold for USD 40,000. Compare also a related mallet vase decorated in copper red, olive green, pink, and underglaze blue, also dated to the Kangxi period but with a six-character Kangxi mark, at Christie's New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 19 September 2014, lot 795, sold for USD 47,500. 康熙青花鳳凰紙槌瓶 中國，1662-1722年。直口，細長直頸，折肩，圈足。器物內壁施白釉，釉面光潔。頸部至肩部繪兩隻鳳凰，喙中叼著一個圓環。圈足内氫化雙圈。 來源：丹麥私人收藏。老藏家注釋：“中國，約1680 […] 過渡時期 […] 明 […] 清 […] 康熙”。 品相：品相極好，舊時磨損和燒製缺陷，如麻點、黑斑和釉面凹陷。微小的熔塊和表面細小劃痕。 重量：673 克 尺寸：高 20 厘米 拍賣結果比較：比較一件十分相近的康熙青花鳳凰紋紙槌瓶，卷葉款 ，見紐約佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2017年9月15日 lot 1201, 售價USD 40,000；一件康熙紅綠粉色以及青花釉，康熙六字款，見紐約佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2014年9月19日 lot 795, 售價USD 47,500。