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              A small famille rose pear-shaped vase
110           Qianlong seal mark, early 20th century
111           Delicately enamelled with a ‘fruit-picking’ scene of a boy clambering on
44 | Bonhams  a tree, wood stand; together with a famille rose saucer, enamelled with
              a butterfly alighting over a spray of flowers, fitted box.
              12.5cm (4 7/8in) high (4).

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

              Provenance
              Collected prior to 1967, and thence by descent.

              110
              A famille rose ‘millefleurs’ baluster vase
              Qianlong six-character seal mark, 20th century
              Standing on a splayed, flat foot, rising to an oviform body, stepped
              shoulder and slender neck surmounted by an inverted mouth, the gilt
              ground brightly enamelled with scattered flower heads of various sizes.
              25.3cm (10in) high

              £800 - 1,200         HK$9,600 - 14,000
              CNY7,700 - 12,000		

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              A large enamelled brushpot
              In the manner of Xu Gai
              Enamelled with a dense bamboo grove issuing from rocky outcrops,
              the reverse with a long xingshu inscription, bearing signature and seal.
              20.8cm (8 1/4in) diam.

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