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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER
Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi
Of compressed globular form supported on three short tapering feet,
painted in vivid shades of cobalt blue to the bulbous body with two
striding five-clawed dragons in mutual pursuit of the flaming pearl,
interspersed with billowing clouds and scrolling flames, all underneath
a key-fret band to the waisted neck.
20.5cm (8 1/8in) diam.

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

清康熙 青花雙龍趕珠紋三足香爐
青花「大明成化年製」楷書款

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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ ‘PHOENIX-TAIL’ VASE
Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi
The waisted body rising to a tall trumpet neck, finely painted around
the body and neck with eight cloud-shaped panels, each enclosing a
Daoist Immortal with their respective attribute, all reserved on a diaper
ground.
45.7cm (18in) high

£4,000 - 6,000 CNY37,000 - 55,000
HK$44,000 - 66,000

清康熙 青花錦地開光八仙圖鳳尾尊
青花「大清成化年製」楷書款

Compare with a similar blue and white phoenix-tail vase, Kangxi
period, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red
(III), Hong Kong, 2000, p.33, pl.27. Another related phoenix-tail vase,
Kangxi period, is illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the
Palace Museum: Ceramics 21, Beijing, 2013, pp.180-181, pl.108.

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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘MASTER OF THE ROCKS’-STYLE
DISHES
Kangxi
Well painted with three small figures standing beside a boldly outlined
tree on a promontory in the foreground, while a boat heads toward
them, higher up the mountain with oscillating curvilinear lines are
thatched huts, a broad river curves away to the left with undulating
mountains and a waterfall, further mountains in blue wash visible in the
distance, the exterior painted with three long bamboo sprays.
The larger 34.3cm (13 1/2in) diam. (2).

£4,000 - 6,000 CNY37,000 - 55,000
HK$44,000 - 66,000

清康熙 青花披麻皴山水圖盤 一對

The term ‘Master of the Rocks’ was introduced by the collector and
author Gerald Reitlinger, and describes the distinctive style of depicting
landscapes on a diagonal composition, with thick curvilinear strokes
providing the outlines and thinner, parallel contours used to create the depth
of the rockwork. Such landscapes represent one of the most important
developments in ceramic decoration during the seventeenth century.

Compare with a very similar ‘Master of the Rocks’ dish in the Butler
Family Collection, illustrated in Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen
Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collections:
Beauty’s Enchantment, Shanghai, 2005, pp.234-235. See also
J.Curtis, Chinese Porcelains of the Seventeenth Century: Landscapes,
Scholars’ Motifs and Narratives, New York, 1995, pp.72-73.