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A POWDER BLUE AND GILT-GROUND FAMILLE-VERTE ‘FIGURAL’ JAR AND COVER, QING
DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, of ovoid form rising to a straight cylindrical neck, the body with scalloped reserves painted in
famille-verte enamels with scenes of ladies in rock gardens, interspersed with floral compositions of potted peony and prunus, all against
a vibrant powder-blue ground with gilt-painted ‘Hundred Antiques’ and gilt borders, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted
by a knop finial, the interior and base glazed white (2)

⌲Ꮴ⛆ ╾㫺ౝ䪸ٶρᒖЂຠ㟞ࡶృ㧸㑽
Height 17½ in., 44.5 cm
$ 20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
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An almost identical vase and cover from the Richard Bennett collection is illustrated in Edgar Gorer and
J.F. Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hardstone, Vol. 2., London, 1911, pl. 153; and also in Catalogue of the
Collection of Old Chinese Porcelains of Richard Bennett, Esq. Thornby Hall, Northampton, London, 1913, cat
no. 169, identified as one of a pair. The pair can now be found at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool, acc.
nos LL6113 and LL6114.

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE-VERTE BEAKER VASES, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, each rising from a flared
foot to a bulbous middle register and a trumpet neck, painted in bright enamels, the upper register with a pheasant on rockwork, amidst
swallows and other birds, with flowering peony, magnolia, and roses, the central register with the ‘Hundred Antiques’ between yellow
leiwen borders, the base with blossoming dahlia, peony, and aster below a fluttering butterfly (2)

⌲Ꮴ⛆ ρᒖ䡓യჹ䇡ృ㟞㼇̭ᄺ
Height 18⅞ in., 47.9 cm
$ 25,000-40,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
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Sotheby’s London, 9 May 1989, lot 78. ՘᪓㬴ჹ℁1989Ꭱ5ᰵ9ᬒ喑㌕㮌78
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Michael Hogg, London. Michael Hogg喑՘᪓
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱

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