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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ BOTTLE VASES, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, each
with a compressed pear-shaped body rising from a tall, splayed foot to an elongated narrow neck and flared mouth, painted in strong
cobalt tones with a pair of four-claw dragons in pursuit of ‘flaming pearls’, clouds, blossoming leafy branches, and further flames above
cresting waves, the neck painted with a ring of arabesques below a patterned band and stiff leaves, the foot encircled by arabesques and
the base with a flower mark in underglaze blue (2)

⌲Ꮴ⛆ 䱿㟞䋂⤍咺㈸䪤䵥⨣̭ᄺ
Height of taller 10½ in., 26.7 cm
$ 3,000-5,000

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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE FACETED BOTTLE VASES, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, each of
hexagonal form, with a compressed body rising from a flared foot to a long narrow neck and flared mouth, painted in bright cobalt blue
with shaped reserves of elegant ladies gazing at the moon, alternating with panels of ‘Hundred Antiques’ or a scholar and attendant in a
landscape, set against a ‘cracked-ice’ ground, the neck with florets between varying foliate and lappet bands, the foot encircled with wide
lappets to each facet, the base with an underglaze blue ‘G’ mark (2)
⌲Ꮴ⛆ 䱿㟞䪸ٶϧ➖ࢇऑృښ᫦䪤䵥⨣̭ᄺ
Height 12 in., 30.5 cm
$ 8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Collection of Sir George Robey, C.B.E. (1869-1954). George Robey ❢ธ喑C B E 1869 1954 ᩣ㫼
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Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
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Two nearly identical pairs were sold in our London rooms, one on 27 June 1974, lot 100, the other on the 16
November 1976, lot 72. For a discussion of the significance of the ‘G’ mark see note, lot 405.

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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ DISH, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, vigorously painted in
cobalt blue, the center medallion depicting a writhing dragon among a dense leafing lotus meander, encircled by eight foliate motifs in the
cavetto, the exterior with two further dragons, the base centered with an apocryphal Chenghua mark

⌲Ꮴ⛆ 䱿㟞⾬㨛咺㈸๔Ⱁ
Ȩ๔ᬻ᜽ࡃᎡ㸪ȩЬ
Diameter 15⅝ in., 39.5 cm
$ 6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
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Sotheby’s New York, 18 September 1981, lot 414. ㈽㈱㬴ჹ℁1981Ꭱ9ᰵ18ᬒ喑㌕㮌414
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