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A pair of blue and white and
brown-glazed bottle vases
Kangxi
Each globular body painted with elaborate
Islamic-style floral motifs, the shoulders
encircled with ‘Batavia brown’ border, the tall
thin necks with further foliate designs, the
mouth rim also brown-glazed, the base with
an artemisia leaf.
22.5cm (8 7/8in) high (2).

£1,500 - 2,500 210
CNY14,000 - 24,000 HK$18,000 - 30,000
Provenance
C. Rhodes, 390 Oxford Street (labels)

See a similar blue and white and brown
glazed bottle vase, also probably for the
Islamic market, see the Victoria & Albert
Museum collection, no. C.958-1910.

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A pair of blue and white bottle
vases
Kangxi
The compressed globular bodies painted with
cartouches enclosing Precious Objects, all on
a cash-diaper ground, the flaring necks with
birds and flowers.
24cm (9 1/2in) high (2).

£3,000 - 4,000
CNY29,000 - 39,000 HK$36,000 - 48,000

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A near pair of blue and white
bottle vases
Kangxi
Each similarly painted in vivid washes of
underglaze blue with sinuous dragons chasing
pearls among clouds, the slender necks with
plantain leaves and hanging jewellery, the
high, splayed feet with interlocking designs,
the base with a floral spray.
The tallest: 24.5cm (9 5/8in) (2).

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,700 - 12,000 HK$9,600 - 14,000
See an identical pair of blue and white bottle
vases, Kangxi, held in the Victoria & Albert
Museum collection no. C.609-1910 and
C.610-1910.

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