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241 PROPERTY OF A LADY

A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE A BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEACH’ MOONFLASK
‘SCHOLARS’ DISH QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
the attened circular body rising from a short spreading foot
the rounded sides rising to an everted rim, painted to the to a tall trumpet neck anked by a pair of ruyi handles, the
interior with a garden scene of three scholars playing musical exterior moulded in low relief on both sides with a peach-
instruments under a pine tree, assisted by two attendants, shaped panel painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with bats
encircled by a border of four auspicious emblems interspersed soaring around fruiting leafy sprays bearing clusters of ripe
with leafy lotus sprays, within a wide border of cartouche peaches, the panels surrounded by a leafy oral scroll ground
panelled scenes reserved on a diaper ground at the rim and similarly decorated to the sides and neck, the rectangular
48.5 cm, 9 in. foot with a classic scroll band, the base inscribed with a seal
mark in underglaze blue
£ 2,000-3,000 24 cm, 9 in.
HK$ 19,300-29,000 US$ 2,500-3,750
£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 29,000-48,300 US$ 3,750-6,300

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A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

the globular central section rising from a tall spreading foot to
a tall trumpet neck, painted around the exterior with a prunus
and cracked-ice ground divided by keyfret and moulded plain
bands and chevron bands at the foot and rim
44.5 cm, 17½ in.

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 6th December 1978, lot 757.
Roger Keverne Ltd., London, 31st October 2007.

£ 12,000-18,000
HK$ 116,000-174,000 US$ 14,900-22,400

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