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A BLUE AND WHITE SOFT-PASTE
SQUARE VASE, CONG
18th century
Each face moulded with archaistic ribs, with a
dense diaper ground with foliate cartouches,
the neck and foot painted with floral borders.
34cm (13 3/8in) high

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY28,000 - 46,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000

Compare with a very similar vase sold in
Christie’s New York, 30 March 2005, lot
1491. And another, 18th century, in Sotheby’s
London, 4 November 2009, lot 194.

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A PAIR OF LATER-ENAMELLED BLUE
AND WHITE BALUSTER VASES, YENYEN
Kangxi, the enamels 19th century
Each elegantly potted vessel with moulded
lappet panels enclosing landscape scenes
and pastoral idylls, the foot, shoulder and
mouth rim with cross hatched borders, the
entire vase ‘clobbered’ with green, red, yellow
and pink enamels, the bases with artemisia
leaf motifs.
53cm (20 7/8in) high (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 28,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000

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