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A FIVE-PIECE BLUE AND WHITE PART-                 A SET OF FOUR BLUE AND WHITE                   A BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHOENIX AND
GARNITURE                                         FOLIATE DISHES                                 PEONY’ BOWL
Kangxi                                            Kangxi                                         Zhong youqiang yuya zhi six-character mark,
Comprising four baluster vases of foliated        Each dish formed with nine petals, painted     17th century
quatre-lobed moulded section, each raised on      with a panel of flowers or birds, the central  Of deep rounded sides, supported on a
a flaring foot and with elegantly painted floral  roundel with a grass hopper standing upon      straight foot, fluidly painted around the
cartouches on an unusual wan-diaper ground,       rockwork amongst chrysanthemums and            exterior with three large phoenix gliding
the lids with flower-bud knops and foliate        peony, with a brown-dressed rim.               with fully outstretched wings among peony
painted panels; and one single beaker vase        Each: 22.7cm (in) diam. (4).                   blooms growing from scrolling leafy stems,
similarly decorated.                                                                             the inner mouth rim and medallion with further
Each vase and cover: 33cm (13in) high (9).        £2,000 - 3,000                                 blooming peonies. 20.4cm (8in) diam.
                                                  CNY19,000 - 29,000
£4,000 - 6,000                                    HK$24,000 - 35,000                             £1,000 - 1,500
CNY39,000 - 58,000                                                                               CNY9,700 - 15,000
HK$47,000 - 71,000                                                                               HK$12,000 - 18,000

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