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A blue and white ‘hundred boys’ baluster jar
Kangxi
The elegantly potted jar rising to a broad shoulder, painted with a
charming scene of many boys, variously playing blind-mans-bluff,
spinning tops and windmills and acting as scholar officials, hardwood
cover and stand; together with a Samson gilt-metal mounted powder-
blue and famille verte jar and cover, 19th century.
(4).

£1,500 - 2,500 HK$18,000 - 30,000 224
CNY14,000 - 24,000 225

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A near pair of large blue and white baluster vases
and covers
Kangxi
Each of elegant baluster form painted in vibrant underglaze blue,
the central register with lappet borders containing continuous foliate
sprays on blue ground and stylised lotus scrolls, all between quatrefoil
lozenge borders, with similarly painted foliate barbed domed covers
surmounted by a lotus bud finial, lingzhi mark on the base. The largest
53.3cm (21in) high (4).

£3,000 - 5,000 HK$36,000 - 60,000
CNY29,000 - 48,000

Provenance
A distinguished European private collection.

See a related pair of blue and white baluster vases and covers, sold at
Sotheby’s London, 12-14 July 2006, lot 632.

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A blue and white saucer dish
Kangxi six-character mark and of the period
The rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the central roundel painted
with leafy scrolling lotus blooms, within a similar floral design border,
the exterior painted with a lotus meander.
15cm (5.7/8in) diam.

£1,500 - 2,000 HK$18,000 - 24,000
CNY14,000 - 19,000

Provenance
Christie’s London, 14 June 1990, Lot 176.
R. & G. McPherson Ltd. London (label).
Roy Davids Collection, no. 37, acquired 16 June 2009.

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