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A very rare inscribed blue and white bowl, cover Allegedly made for Louis XIV of France, the medallion frames a scene
and saucer for the European market supposedly depicting Queen Blanche advising the infant Louis IX of
Kangxi France. The inscription under the rim of the cup reads:
The cup with one wider panel depicting a crowned king with a ‘L’Empire de la vertu est etabli jusqu’au bout de l’univers’
sceptre seated beside his queen, four of the other narrower panels This may be translated as:
with kneeling figures beneath birds in flight alternating with panels ‘The kingdom of virtue stretches to the ends of the earth’
containing floral sprays, a band under the rim containing a French See D.Macintosh, Chinese Blue and White Porecelain London, 1977,
inscription, the cover similarly painted with the two royal figures in the p.116.
medallion surrounded by radiating panels containing kneeling figures
and plants, the saucer with same design on the interior and four
tasselled circles and lozenges on the exterior.
The saucer 13.5cm (5 3/8in) diam. (3).
£5,000 - 7,000
HK$62,000 - 87,000 CNY49,000 - 69,000
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A fine pair of blue and white square flasks
Mid 17th century
清康熙 青花開光人物故事圖蓋杯，連盤 法文款 Each vividly painted in bright underglaze blue with a mountain scene
Provenance: Luis Alegria Lda, Porto (label) variously containing a tiered pagoda, a river with fishing boats and
來源：波多Luis Alegria Lda(標籤) other mountain retreats on each side, the flat shoulders with foliate
scrolls in each corner and the slender cylindrical necks each with the
upper and lower jaws of an unusual grinning monster head emerging
from the shoulder towards the rim of the vase.
Each 26cm (10¼in) high (2).
£15,000 - 20,000
HK$190,000 - 250,000 CNY150,000 - 200,000

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