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Two similar famille verte teapots
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With fluted bodies and set on three bracket
feet, with upright handles in the form of rattan,
the bodies enamelled and gilt with panels of
birds and butterflies amongst flowering and
blossoming plants.
16.5cm (6.1/2in) high. (4).
£1,400 - 1,700
CNY13,000 - 16,000 HK$17,000 - 20,000
Provenance
Hancock, 37 Bury Street, St. James’s, S.W.1
label to base.
See an identical winepot and cover, Kangxi,
in the Victoria & Albert Museum collection no.
C.430&A-1926.
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A near pair of famille verte
beaker vases
Kangxi
Decorated with swirling panels of flowering
plants issuing from rockwork; and a famille
verte gu vase decorated with birds and
butterflies amongst sprays of peonies, lotus
and chrysanthemums, wood stands.
The largest 24cm (9.1/2in) high. (6).
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 19,000 HK$18,000 - 24,000
Provenance
The Property of the Late Sir Alfred Jodrell,
Bart. Bayfield Hall, Holt, Norfolk (label).