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A FAHUA ‘FIGURAL’ MEIPING
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
with a tapering body sweeping up to a rounded shoulder
surmounted by a waisted neck and everted rim, painted
to the exterior with a sage drifting towards a pavilion
enshrouded in clouds approached by an attendant carrying a
wrapped qin, between a ruyi-collar enclosing lotus blooms at
the shoulder and a lappet band below, glazed in aubergine,
turquoise and yellow reserved against a deep blue ground
30 cm, 11¾ in.
£ 4,000-6,000
HK$ 41,700-62,500 US$ 5,400-8,000

明十六世紀 琺華攜琴訪友圖梅瓶

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A LARGE FAHUA JAR
LATE MING DYNASTY
the baluster body rising from a gently splayed foot to a
rounded shoulder surmounted by a short neck and lipped
rim, decorated to the body with figures on horseback
accompanied by attendants, riding towards a pavilion
enveloped in clouds, above a band of lappets around
the foot, the shoulders with a ruyi-band each enclosing
auspicious emblems, all reserved on a dark blue-glazed
ground, the interior glazed green
32 cm, 12⅝ in.
£ 2,000-3,000
HK$ 20,900-31,300 US$ 2,700-4,000
晚明 琺華人物故事圖罐

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A WUCAI SEATED FIGURE OF GUAN YU
MING DYNASTY
modelled seated on a raised plinth with the feet shoulder-
width apart and the right hand resting on the knee and
the left hand held against his chest, the face with a fierce
expression and a long beard, the head covered in a tall
official’s cap with a raised back, wearing a voluminous robe
centred with a roundel over the rotund belly illustrating a
dragon pursuing a ‘flaming pearl’, the reverse with a dragon
in frontal pose, and further dragons and ruyi-clouds to the
robe, all reserved against a green ground
28 cm, 11 in.
£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 31,300-52,500 US$ 4,000-6,700
明 五彩關羽坐像
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