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A POWDER-BLUE AND GILT ROULEAU VASE
211 十九世紀 青花群仙祝壽圖貫耳尊 Kangxi
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘IMMORTALS’ Provenance: an Italian private collection The well-potted vase with a slightly cylindrical
VASE, HU 來源：意大利私人收藏 body and a tall neck supported by a galleried
19th century rim, decorated with shaped cartouches depicting
Boldly painted around the exterior in deep magpies perching on branches of flowering prunus,
shades of cobalt-blue with a continuous chrysanthemums and blossoming lotus, all reserved
scene of the Eight Daoist Immortals and on a gilt ground of scrolling flowers between a band
their various attributes as well as the Queen of lappets and Precious Objects.
Mother of the West, the Three Star Gods, 45.5cm (18in) high
and Hehe Erxian, all within an elegant
garden above a band of crashing waves, £6,000 - 8,000
the sloping shoulders applied with a pair of CNY52,000 - 69,000
bamboo lug-handles.
51cm (20in) high 清康熙 灑藍地描金開光喜鵲登梅圖棒槌瓶
£3,000 - 5,000 Provenance: an Italian private collection
CNY26,000 - 43,000
來源：意大利私人收藏
Compare a similar powder-blue rouleau vase,
Kangxi, decorated with gilt designs of flowering
plants and mythical beasts, which sold at Christie’s
New York, 19 March 2015, lot 457.
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A VERY LARGE POWDER-BLUE AND GILT
ROULEAU VASE
Kangxi
The vase well potted, the cylindrical body surmounted
by a tall neck with galleried rim, richly gilt on a powder-
blue ground with foliate and round panels enclosing
a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl, flowers and a
calligraphic inscription, all in reserve on a gilt ground
reserved with scrollworks and lotus flowers, between
a band of lappets and a floral frieze interspersed with
vignettes enclosing scholar’s objects.
76cm (29 7/8in) high
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY69,000 - 100,000
清康熙 灑藍地描金開光博古花鳥圖棒槌瓶
Provenance: an Italian private collection
來源：意大利私人收藏
Compare with a similar, albeit smaller, powder-blue
glazed vase, Kangxi, decorated with gilt designs
of flowers and a calligraphic inscription, in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. A powder-
blue vase, Kangxi, also decorated with gilt floral and
calligraphic designs, was sold at Sotheby’s New
York, 23 March 2011, lot 669.
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
