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                                                                                             A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE
                                                                                       1205  VASE

212                                                                                          KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
                                                                                             The body is decorated with two landscape panels
                                                                                             separated by fowering branches, one a scene
                                                                                             of two scholars, the other of three farmers. An
                                                                                             artemisia leaf is on the base.
                                                                                             8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
                                                                                             $6,000-8,000

                                                                                             PROVENANCE

                                                                                             Christie’s Amsterdam, 3 May 2005, lot 102.
                                                                                             清康熙 青花山水人物圖長頸瓶

                                                                                             1205
                                                                                             A BLUE AND WHITE JARDINIÈRE

                                                                                             KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
                                                                                             One side of the deep body is fnely decorated in
                                                                                             bright underglaze-blue with a panel containing a
                                                                                             lively, open-jawed, four-clawed dragon reaching
                                                                                             for a large tasseled pearl beside a vase and ruyi
                                                                                             scepter amidst precious objects, and the other
                                                                                             side is decorated with a serrated leaf-shaped
                                                                                             cartouche containing a bird perched on rocks
                                                                                             looking at a butterfy and insects in fight amidst
                                                                                             peonies and chrysanthemum.
                                                                                             9º in. (23.6 cm.) diam.
                                                                                             $5,000-7,000
                                                                                             清康熙 青花花鳥圖缸
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