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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

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A PAIR OF CELADON-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE ‘QUAILS’ DISHES PROVENANCE:
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) A distinguished private European collection, acquired between 1956-1959.

清乾隆 粉彩豆青地花卉鵪鶉紋盤一對 六字篆書款

Each dish is enamelled with a pair of quails in a garden of rocks and peony on a
bluish green celadon ground below a brown-dressed rim.

8 in. (20.3 cm.) diam. (2)

£2,000-3,000 $3,100-4,500
€2,800-4,100

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A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED DISH A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED DISH
17TH CENTURY 17TH CENTURY

明十七世紀 龍泉青釉纏枝花紋盤 明十七世紀 龍泉青釉盤

The dish is heavily potted with a barbed rim. The centre is moulded with a The dish is heavily potted with gently faring sides rising to an everted, lipped
fower-head surrounded by fower sprays at the well. It is covered in a thick rim. It is covered in a thick glaze of an even sea-green tone leaving the centre of
glaze of a sea-green tone leaving a central ring of the base unglazed. the base unglazed.

10√ in. (27.5 cm.) diam. 13º in. (33.7 cm.) diam.

£500-800 $760-1,200 £800-1,200 $1,300-1,800
€680-1,100 €1,100-1,600

PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:

A distinguished private European collection, acquired between 1956-1959. A distinguished private European collection, acquired between 1956-1959.

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