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A ‘Wu Shuang Pu’ hexagonal jardiniere and stand A famille rose yellow ground medallion dish
19th century Guangxu six-character mark and of the period
The flaring flower pot enamelled with characters and text from the 18th Decorated with panels of river landscape scenes, on a ground of
century book ‘The Table of Peerless Heroes’, the flat rims with scrolling hibiscus sprays and scrolling foliage, within a key fret border, the
foliate motifs, the shallow stand decorated with birds, insects and exterior with further floral and foliate groups.
flowers. 34cm (13.3/8in) diam.
27.5cm (10 3/4in) wide (2).

£700 - 1,000 HK$8,400 - 12,000 £1,000 - 1,500 HK$12,000 - 18,000
CNY6,700 - 9,600 CNY9,600 - 14,000

104 Provenance
A famille rose foliate bowl Reputedly collected by the vendor’s grandfather, who was a Methodist
Daoguang seal mark and of the period missionary in China in the early 20th century, returning to Europe in the
The quatre-foil bowl finely enamelled to the exterior with a narrative 1920s, and thence by descent.
scene featuring a general approaching a scholar recluse, raised on a
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turquoise. An unusual underglaze blue and famille rose
18.7cm (7 3/8in) diam. circular box and cover
Qianlong four-character mark, 19th or 20th century
£800 - 1,000 HK$9,600 - 12,000 The cover painted in underglaze blue and enamelled with a central
CNY7,700 - 9,600 landscape medallion framed by a Ba Anxian border, its sides reaching
down to the stepped base of the box and decorated with cranes,
For a similar quatre-foil bowl, but Xianfeng seal mark and of the period, the interior of the cover also with cranes, the interior of the box with
see The British Museum collection no. Franks.367. goldfish amongst seaweeds, the tall sides of the box enamelled
turquoise; together with three famille rose wine cups and two tea cups.
The box and 26.7cm (10 1/2in) diam. (7).

£500 - 800 HK$6,000 - 9,600
CNY4,800 - 7,700

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