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A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE
‘FIGURAL’ BOTTLE
MING DYNASTY, TIANQI /
CHONGZHEN PERIOD
the globular body painted in inky cobalt tones
with a deity and tiger traversing a garden of
weeping willows, an attendant following with a
picnic box, all beneath a band of pendent ruyi-
heads, wood stopper, Japanese wood box (4)
Height 4⅜ in., 11.1 cm
$ 6,000-8,000
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⎋䒞

343

A POWDER-BLUE GROUND EWER
AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

the cylindrical body set with an S-curved spout
opposite the handle, each side with a reserved
quadrilobed panel painted in underglaze blue 342
with ß ower sprays or the ‘Hundred Antiques’
all against a powder blue ground, the circular
cover with a ‘Buddhist lion’ knop and a small
aperture, Japanese wood box (4)
Width 6¼ in., 16.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Marchant, London.
$ 6,000-8,000
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⚾勞⢢
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Marchant炻ΐ㔎

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