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A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE VASES, GU
Shunzhi
Each finely enamelled on the upper section with an
iron-red sun and a bird and insects in flight above
sprays of peony, orchid and prunus issuing from
rockwork, the central section with leafy peony
sprays and the lower section echoing the upper
section with butterflies in flight beside further
branches of peony, prunus and bamboo.
36cm (14 1/8in) high (2).

£6,000 - 8,000
CNY52,000 - 69,000

清順治 五彩花鳥紋花觚 一對

Compare with a related beaker vase, Shunzhi,
illustrated in Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen
Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler
Collections, Shanghai, 2005, pl.50.

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