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                                                                          A BLUE AND WHITE ‘CRANE AND DEER’
                                                                          YENYEN VASE
                                                                          Kangxi
                                                                          The body boldly painted with a continuous scene
                                                                          of a pair of cranes in flight above a spotted doe
                                                                          turning to look at an antlered deer, all amidst rocks
                                                                          and pines, the flaring neck also with a crane in flight
                                                                          above two recumbent deer amid rockwork and
                                                                          pines.
                                                                          46.5cm (18 1/4in) high.

                                                                          £4,000 - 6,000
                                                                          CNY31,000 - 47,000

                                                                          清康熙 青花「鶴鹿同春」鳳尾尊

                                                                          Provenance: George Kidston CMG, Head of the
                                                                          Eastern Department of the British Foreign Office,
                                                                          1919-1920, and thence by descent to the the estate
                                                                          of the late Hon. Mrs Patricia A. Kidston (1927-2021).

                                                                          來源:George Kidston勳爵舊藏,曾於1919年至
                                                                          1920年任英國外交部東方事務部主管;並由後人
                                                                          Patricia A. Kidston夫人(1927-2021)保存

                                                                          A similar albeit slightly smaller yenyen vase, Kangxi,
                                                                          also decorated with deer and cranes in the Gardiner
                                                                          Museum of Chinese Art, is illustrated in Cobalt
                                                                          Treasures: The Bell Collection of Chinese Blue and
                                                                          White Porcelain, Toronto, 2003, p.62.

                                                                          Compare with a similar blue and white ‘crane and
                                                                          deer’ yenyen vase, Kangxi , which was sold at
                                                                          Bonhams London, 8 November 2012, lot 44.

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                                                                          A RARE BLANC DE-CHINE DOCUMENTARY
                                                                          LAMP AND BASE
                                                                          Incised date 22nd year of the Kangxi reign,
                                                                          corresponding to 1683 and of the period
                                                                          The compressed globular body raised on a small
                                                                          circular foot, the centre in the interior fitted with a
                                                                          tapering conical holder with an aperture at its base,
                                                                          the separate stand with three apertures, incised to
                                                                          the exterior with a dated inscription.
                                                                          17cm (6 5/8in) overall high. (2).

                                                                          £10,000 - 15,000
                                                                          CNY79,000 - 120,000

                                                                          清康熙,一六八三年 德化白釉燈罩

                                                                          Provenance: Paul Brandt, Amsterdam

                                                                          Published and Illustrated: M.Penkala, Magic Blanc
                                                                          de Chine: A Guide for the Collector and Dealer,
                                                                          Schiedam, 1980, pl.XXV

                                                                          來源:荷蘭阿姆斯特丹Paul Brandt

                                                                          出版著錄:M.Penkala著,《Magic Blanc de Chine,
                                                                          A Guide for the Collector and Dealer》,荷蘭斯希
                                                                          丹,1980年,圖版XXV


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