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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).
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