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A PAIR OF CANTON ENAMEL
‘BUTTERFLY’ DISHES
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

each painted in bright famille-rose enamels with a central
medallion enclosing two butter ies ying over owering sprays
reserved on a white background, within a yellow and green
foliate band, surrounded by a further puce diaper band, all
bordered by ve shaped oral and fruit reserves on a green
cell pattern ground, the underside painted in puce, the base
centred with a melon and magnolia spray on white background
(2)
21.3 cm, 8⅜ in.

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

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A CANTON ENAMEL ‘LANDSCAPE’ DISH
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

intricately painted with distant gures and cottages sheltered
amongst a mountainous landscape with greenery along a lake
with a bridge and sail boats, encircled by puce borders, the
rim with a band of blue archaistic kui dragons reserved on a
yellow ground, the base with a puce two-character seal mark
reading shangxin surrounded by blue kui dragons on a white
background, encircled by a band of eight pink bats amidst
multi-coloured clouds against a yellow ground
36.2 cm, 14¼ in.

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

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