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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION TWO BLUE AND WHITE ‘THREE FRIENDS’
DISHES
A MATCHED PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD
‘IMMORTAL’ BOWLS
QIANLONG SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD each rising from a short foot to a gently aring rim, decorated
on the interior with a medallion enclosing prunus, bamboo
the rounded sides of each rising from a slightly tapering foot and pine trees, the exterior decorated with a lady seated on a
to slightly everted rims, painted to the exterior in rich cobalt- terrace watching two boys playing in a garden under a willow
blue tones depicting the eight immortals standing on billowing tree, the base inscribed with seal marks in underglaze blue
clouds, the interior painted with three peaches on an altar, the (2)
base with a seal mark in underglaze blue 18.2 cm, 7⅛ in.
(2)
19.5 cm and 20.3 cm, 7¾ in and 8 in. PROVENANCE
One: Collection of Solveig and Anita Gray, London.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 26th March 1999, lot 209. ಴£ 10,000-15,000
HK$ 96,500-145,000 US$ 12,500-18,700
಴£ 5,000-7,000
HK$ 48,300-67,500 US$ 6,300-8,700

Solveig Anita Gray

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