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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘SUCCESSFUL SONS’ CUPS AND A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘BOYS’ JARS AND COVERS
COVERS Guangxu six-character marks, Republic
Lingzhi chengxiang marks, Republic Each with pairs of bamboo-shaped loop handles, depicting to the
Each brightly enamelled with a ‘hundred children’ design, depicting exterior boys at play in a garden setting, the cover surmounted by a
a multitude of children celebrating the New Year with festival lanterns double-peach form finial, wood stands. Each 23cm (9in) high (4).
and firecrackers, all between the gilded rim and the blue leiwen band
to the foot, the cover delicately enamelled with flowers and fruits £1,200 - 1,500
below a peach finial. Each 8.3cm (3 1/4in) high (4). HK$13,000 - 16,000
CNY11,000 - 13,000
£2,000 - 3,000
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CNY18,000 - 26,000
A FAMILLE ROSE ‘LINGZHI’ WALL VASE
By repute owned by an ex-trader at Jardine Matheson in Shanghai. Qianlong seal mark, 20th century
Compare to a similar pair of jars sold at Sotheby’s New York, Modelled as a lingzhi stem flanked by several smaller buds, all with
September 2013, lot 367. faux-bois enamelling below the brightly enamelled flaring mouths, the
reverse with a gilt, apocryphal six-character seal mark.
23.5cm (9 1/4in) high
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TWO FAMILLE ROSE CUPS £1,500 - 2,000
Qianlong seal marks, probably Republic HK$16,000 - 21,000
The first, a ‘chicken’ cup, with a boy among cockerels, chicken, CNY13,000 - 18,000
peonies and rockwork; the second decorated with scenes of trade
and a long paragraph of calligraphy.
The ‘chicken’ cup: 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$11,000 - 16,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000

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