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A white metal-mounted blue and white bottle vase
The porcelain, Wanli, the mount possibly Turkish, 19th century
The pear-shaped vessel painted with long-tailed birds amongst foliage,
the neck and mouth mounted with a repousse sleeve decorated with
stylised birds and flowers. 30.5cm (12in) high

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$12,000 - 18,000
CNY9,600 - 14,000

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A blue and white double-gourd vase
Chongzhen
The lower section finely painted with a dignified scholar cradling a
staff of office in his robed arms, the figure standing on grass besides
a crane, the rocky landscape also with two boys, one carrying books
and the other a lantern, the scene separated by cloud scrolls, the
waist with a band of foliate lotus scroll beneath sprays of prunus, lotus,
orchid and peony.
36.2cm (14 1/4in) high

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$24,000 - 36,000
CNY19,000 - 29,000

Provenance
An English private collection.

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A rare blue and white bottle vase
Kangxi
The baluster body moulded with lappet panels, painted with boys at
play in a garden attended by four ladies at leisure, the tapering neck
with bamboo and a raised string, the everted mouth rim embellished
with flames and lozenge motifs, the base with an entwined couple in
an amorous embrace.
28.5cm (11 1/4in) high

£600 - 800 HK$7,200 - 9,600
CNY5,800 - 7,700

For an identical vase, Kangxi, with an erotic mark to the base but 219
with a cut down and silver-mounted neck, see the Victoria & Albert
Museum collection no. C.887-1910.

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