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                                                                              A PAIR OF TURQUOISE AND
                                                                              AUBERGINE-GLAZED CANDLESTICKS
                                                                              Kangxi
                                                                              Each with a bell-shaped pierced foot rising to
                                                                              a dished drip pan and tall cylindrical waisted
                                                                              neck to a dish-shape mouth, covered in a
                                                                              turquoise glaze with aubergine profiles.
                                                                              24.2cm (9 1/2in) high (2).

                                                                              £3,000 - 5,000
                                                                              HK$25,000 - 42,000
                                                                              CNY23,000 - 39,000
                                                                              Provenance
                                                                              Pierre Saqué (label)
                                                                              345   †
                                                                              A FINE TURQUOISE AND AUBERGINE
                                                                              GLAZED MODEL OF WEITUO
                                                                              Kangxi
                                                                              The guardian figure seated on a rockwork
                                                                              base with a dragon emerging from a crevice,
                                                                              his right hand held aloft and left arm swept
                                                                              forwards, the armoured robes elaborately
                                                                              decorated and applied with lion masks, the
                                                                              helmet featuring two confronting dragons to
                                                                              the front.
                                                                              31cm (12 1/4in) high
                                                                              £3,000 - 5,000
                                                                              HK$25,000 - 42,000
                                                                              CNY23,000 - 39,000

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