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A famille verte lobed dish
139 Kangxi
56 | Bonhams Brightly enamelled to the centre with a
confronting phoenix and qilin in a garden of
plantain, rockwork, paulownia and bamboo,
the sides with panels of mythical beasts
alternating with flowering plants issuing from
pierced rockwork.
36cm (14.1/4in) diam.

£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.

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A Chinese famille verte wine ewer
and cover
Kangxi Period
The body of hexagonal fluted form rising to
a waisted neck and everted fluted rim, the
foot with a moulded band of lotus petals, the
body decorated with panels of flowering and
blossoming branches.
23.5cm (9.1/4in) high. (2).

£1,200 - 1,800
CNY12,000 - 17,000 HK$14,000 - 22,000

Provenance
Hancock, 37, Bury Street, St. James’s, S.W.1
label to base.

See a comparable hexagonal ewer and cover
in Christie’s New York, 25 January 2011, lot 7.