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A YELLOW-GROUND BLUE
ENAMELLED ‘BATS AND SHOU’
CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND
OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
The box and cover are enamelled to the sides with
a dense stylised wan character motif on the lemon-
yellow ground and the interior is divided into two
compartments. The cover is decorated to the centre
with five bats in flight enclosing a stylised shou roundel,
encircled by alternating shou roundels and characters in
polychrome enamels.
6º in. (16 cm.) diam.
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000 2932

清光緒 彩繪五蝠拱壽紋蓋盒 礬紅六字楷書款

2932 (mark)
2933

A SMALL FAMILLE ROSE ‘BAJIXIANG’ CUP
XIANFENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE
PERIOD (1851-1861)
The small cup is decorated to the exterior with the Eight Buddhist
Emblems, bajixiang, tied in ribbons and grouped into pairs, all
between stylised flower-head borders in turquoise enamels to the
mouth and foot rim.
2æ in. (7 cm.) diam.
HK$120,000-150,000 US$16,000-19,000

清咸豐 粉彩八吉祥紋臥足盃 礬紅六字篆書款

2933 2933 (mark)

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