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A RARE GLAZED-BISCUIT ‘RECUMBENT HORSE’ WATER DROPPER, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI
PERIOD, enameled with a yellow and dark brown piebald coat, the hind legs tucked underneath the body and the two forelegs
outstretched and bent as if rising, the bridled head and neck turned to one side with mouth slightly open, the molded white-glazed forelock
and mane falling naturally to both sides, all supported by a green-enameled base

⌲Ꮴ⛆ ㉍̶ᒖ㜒仙ᒏⅡ␡
Length 5 in., 12.8 cm
$ 3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Collection of W. J. Holt. W J Holt ᩣ㫼
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Christie’s London, 15 -16 May 1946, lot 247. ՘᪓Ҡธᓄ1946Ꭱ5ᰵ15㜠16ᬒ喑㌕㮌247
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
LITERATURE ܧ❵
R. L. Hobson, Bernard Rackham and William King, R L HobsonȠBernard Rackham ࣷ William King喑
Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections. London, ȨChinese Ceramics in Private Collectionsȩ喑՘᪓喑
1931, fig. 265. 1931Ꭱ喑ృ265

431

A FAMILLE-VERTE BISCUIT ‘HUNDRED ANTIQUES’ TEAPOT AND COVER, QING DYNASTY,
KANGXI PERIOD, of hexagonal section, the rounded shoulders rising from a tapering foot, a square-section S-form spout set to one
side, with auspicious emblems all on a pale green ground, the conforming cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a ‘faux rattan’
handle with canted corners, the vessel supported on low bracket feet (2)

⌲Ꮴ⛆ ㉍̶ᒖࢇऑృښ᫦᣽ᶮว
Height 5⅝ in., 14.3 cm
$ 4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Collection of Richard Bennett, Esq., D.L. Richard Bennett Esq D L ᩣ㫼
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Edgar Gorer, London. Edgar Gorer, ՘᪓.
Collection of the Hon. Nellie Ionides (1883-1962). Hon Nellie Ionides 1883 1962 ᩣ㫼
Sotheby’s London, 14th July 1964, lot 388. ՘᪓㬴ჹ℁1964Ꭱ7ᰵ14喑㌕㮌388
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
LITERATURE ܧ❵
Edgar Gorer and J.F. Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Edgar Gorer ࣷ J F Blacker喑ȨChinese Porcelain and
Hardstone, vol. 2, London, 1911, pl. 183. Hardstoneȩ喑ࢤ2喑՘᪓喑1911Ꭱ喑ృ❵183
Edgar Gorer, Catalogue of the Collection of Old Edgar Gorer喑ȨCatalogue of the Collection of Old
Chinese Porcelains formed by Richard Bennett, Esq., Chinese Porcelains formed by Richard Bennett Esq ȩ喑
London, 1913, pl. 298. ՘᪓喑1913Ꭱ喑ృ❵298

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A FAMILLE-ROSE ‘FIRECRACKER’ BOX AND COVER, QING DYNASTY, molded as a bundle of ten firecracker
sticks enameled in iron-red, blue, yellow, green, and aubergine, each with a painted diaper ground and with a modeled white wick folded
realistically over the top, the interior and recessed base enameled turquoise, wood stand (3)

⌲ ㆶᒖ✳〦ᒏ㧸⯿
Height 4 in., 10.2 cm
$ 2,000-3,000

See catalogue note at SOTHEBYS.COM

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