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          A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE FAN-SHAPED DISHES                   A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE LEAF-SHAPED DISHES
          QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750                                QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1765
          In the Japanese taste, enameled as paper fans with gilt stiles and   Two fgures standing beside a prunus tree
          details in cobalt blue                                     11 in. (27.9 cm.) long                  (2)
          10¼ in. (26 cm.) long                   (2)
                                                                     $2,000-3,000
          $3,000-5,000
                                                                     PROVENANCE:
          PROVENANCE:                                                With Heirloom & Howard, Ltd., London
          The Collection of Khalil Rizk; Sotheby's New York, 25 April 2008,
          lot 110.                                                   After a 17th century Kakiemon design then made at Meissen,
          Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 7 July 1980, lot 77.    Chelsea and Bow and fnally in China.



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                                                                               A SET OF THREE FAMILLE ROSE
                                                                               BOTANICAL PLATES
                                                                               YONGZHENG/EARLY QIANLONG PERIOD,
                                                                               CIRCA 1730-1740
                                                                               Richly enameled after sketches of Indonesian
                                                                               insects and fora by the famous woman botanist,
                                                                               Maria Sybille Merian, blue and gilt inner border
                                                                               and the rims with Pronk-style scrollwork in a
                                                                               distinctive palette
                                                                               10 in. (25.4 cm.) diameter    (3)
                                                                               $6,000-9,000
                                                                               PROVENANCE:
                                                                               Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 1996, lot 149.
                                                                               LITERATURE:
                                                                               William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde
                                                                               Collection, Madrid, 2014, p. 221, no. 78.


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                                                                               A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE PETAL-
                                      49                                       MOLDED DISHES
                                                                               KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
                                                                               With diferent scenes from a romance in the
                                                                               centers, the petal-molded borders with Daoist
                                                                               symbols alternating with fowers, bases with
                                                                               apocryphal Chenghua and Xuande six-character
                                                                               marks
                                                                               10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) diameter   (2)
                                                                               $2,500-4,000
                                                                               PROVENANCE:
                                                                               Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 November
                                                                               2007, lot 241.
                                                                               LITERATURE:
                                                                               William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde
                                                                               Collection, Madrid, 2014, p. 232, no. 88.


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                                                                               A PAIR OF 'PSEUDO TOBACCO LEAF'
                                                                               LEAF-SHAPED DISHES
                                                                               QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1785
                                                                               Colorfully enameled with pink passion fowers, cut
                                                                               fruit and the large, curling, overlapping tobacco
                                                                               leaves
                                                                               8 in. (20.3 cm.) long         (2)
                                                                               $2,000-3,000

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