A large Chinese famille verte 'phoenix tail vase', yenyen, Kangxi period, decorated in enamels with magpies in the branches of a flowering prunus tree on a green ground, the heavily potted vase standing on a stepped foot with a waisted lower body rising to a rounded shoulder, apocryphal underglaze blue six-character apocryphal Chenghua mark within a double circle, neck reduced and mounted as an electric lamp with 19th century ormolu mount, 47.5cm highProvenance: Private UK collection. Described in an insurance valuation carried out by Peter Sparks of John Sparks Ltd., 2nd May, 1957清康熙 五彩繪喜鵲登梅圖紋款鳳尾尊，青花楷書「大明成化年製」寄託款來源：英國私人收藏。曾記錄于約翰斯帕克斯有限公司的保險評估單中，日期：1957年5月2日。保險評估人：彼得斯帕克斯。Please refer to department for condition report