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A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE
‘HEAVENLY HORSE’ DISH
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
the rounded sides set on a low, straight foot
and rising to a gently everted foliate rim,
reserve-decorated with a leaping ‘Heavenly
Horse’ at the center and scattered prunus
blossoms all against deep cobalt-blue coursing
waves, the base with a six-character mark in
underglaze blue reading Shuangxi ruoshen
zhencang (‘Precious Collection of the Deep
Twin Streams’), Japanese wood box (3)
Diameter 4 in., 10.1 cm
$ 4,000-6,000
㶭⹟䅁ġġġ曺剙㴟楔⚾吝⎋⮷䚌
˪暁㹒劍㶙䍵啷˫㫦

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A BLUE-GLAZED INCISED ‘LOTUS’
JAR
QING DYNASTY, SHUNZHI PERIOD
the ovoid body surmounted by a short neck
with a lipped rim, incised with scrolling
lotus spreading across the exterior issuing
resplendent blooms and curling leaves all
between a band of lotus petals below and a
classic scroll above, covered in a dark cobalt
glaze pooling in the recesses, the interior and
base white, Japanese wood box (3)
Height 9¾ in., 24.8 cm
$ 6,000-8,000
㶭枮㱣ġġġ啵慱㘿剙丷㝅咖䲳仸

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