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A BLUE AND WHITE BOMBE-FORM CENSER, QING DYNASTY, EARLY KANGXI PERIOD, the wide,
compressed globular body rising from a splayed foot to a flared rim, painted in bright shades of blue with two outlined panels to either
side, one with dahlias blossoming from rockwork, the other with a similar composition of peonies, divided by floral motifs all within
double line borders at the mouth and foot, the base with an underglaze-blue double circle

⌲Ꮴ⛆݊ 䱿㟞䪸ٶ㟞ⴠృ✽
Diameter 10 in., 25.4 cm
$ 4,000-6,000

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A BLUE AND WHITE ROSE WATER SPRINKLER, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, of triple-gourd
form with a slender tapering neck supported on a splayed foot, the rounded body painted with a broad, lapped collar enclosing leafing
lotus reserved in white, set between bands of rosettes on the foot and lower bulb, the neck with flower sprigs below a chevron band at the
rim
⌲Ꮴ⛆ 䱿㟞㟞ࡶ㈸䪤䵥⨣
Height 7¼ in., 18.4 cm
$ 1,000-1,500

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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, the vertically ribbed
globular body rising from a flared pedestal foot to a long, cylindrical neck and flared galleried rim, painted in soft blue tones with a
horned chilong encircling the neck and three medallions on the body, two with compositions of the ‘Hundred Antiques,’ the third with a
poetry inscription with two drawn seals bordered above and below by pale café-au-lait glazed borders, four auspicious emblems encircling
the foot, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark
⌲Ꮴ⛆ 䱿㟞䪸ٶࢇऑృ㾖᪴䪤䵥⨣
Ȩ๔ᬻ᜽ࡃᎡ㸪ȩЬ
Height 7½ in., 19.1 cm
$ 5,000-7,000

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