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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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122 SOTHEBY’S A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE ‘DEER AND
CRANE’ DISH
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

boldly painted in bright enamels depicting a spotted deer in a
grove with pine, bamboo springing from rocks, and lingzhi, a
crane gliding overhead and a gilded sun and swirling clouds in
the distance, within a border of four oval oral panels reserved
on a red diaper ground, the at, broad rim with six cranes in

ight within a border of red circles and a gilt-painted rim
38.5 cm, 15 in.

£ 2,000-3,000
HK$ 19,300-29,000 US$ 2,500-3,750

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘DUCK’ BOWLS
XUANTONG MARKS AND PERIOD

with deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot, delicately
enamelled on the exterior with four ducks surrounded by oral
blossoms and shrubs, with a bird perched on the branches of
a towering willow tree, the interior white, the base with a six-
character mark in iron red
(2)
11.9 cm, 4 in.

£ 5,000-7,000
HK$ 48,300-67,500 US$ 6,300-8,700

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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE ‘DRAGON’
BOWLS
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

each body with deep rounded sides rising from a short straight
foot to a slightly everted rim, brightly enamelled around the
exterior with two pairs of dragon and carp leaping from waves
in pursuit of a aming pearl, the interior with a aming pearl
encircled by ower sprays and Buddhist emblems at the rim,
the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark
(2)
18.8 cm, 7⅜ in.

£ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 77,500-116,000 US$ 10,000-14,900