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A YELLOW-GLAZED ‘PHOENIX’ VASE A GROUP OF SIX BLANC-DE-CHINE A LONGQUAN CELADON GLAZED
17th century WARES FIGURE OF BUDAI
The pear-shaped vase with incised 17th/18th Century Ming Dynasty
decoration of stylised phoenix flying amidst Comprising: a square box and cover, Modelled in a reclining pose, wearing a
lotus scroll, in between two bands of lappets finely incised to the cover with a writhing voluminous robe loosely tied below the waist
at the foot and the waisted neck, the exterior dragon; a libation cup relief decorated with and falling open revealing a bare chest and
covered in a lustrous yellow glaze, the a stag, crane, tiger and dragon amongst ample belly, holding a string of prayer beads
recessed base with an underglaze blue four- blossoming prunus; a circular box and cover in his right hand, covered overall in a greyish-
character mark between double lines. with moulded prunus blossom within ribbed green glaze, wood stand. 11.4cm (4 1/2in)
19cm (7 1/2in) high bands; and three cups of graduating size. high (2).
The libation cup: 10.8cm (4 12in) wide (8).
£2,000 - 3,000 £1,500 - 2,000
HK$17,000 - 25,000 £2,000 - 3,000 HK$13,000 - 17,000
CNY15,000 - 23,000 HK$17,000 - 25,000 CNY12,000 - 15,000
CNY15,000 - 23,000
358 Provenance Compare with a Longquan Budai figure
exhibited J.J Lally & Co., Ancient Chinese
A PAIR OF WHITE-GLAZED VASES, An English private collection, and thence by Sculpture: Recent Acquisitions, March
MEIPING descent 14-April 5, 2014, no. 13.
Ming Dynasty The square box: Ezekiel Collection (label). See also a celadon glazed Budai, sold
The baluster form bodies rising to waisted Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2018,
necks with everted rims, the bases unglazed lot 605.
and part burnt orange in the firing. 18cm (7
1/8in) high (2).
£800 - 1,200
HK$6,800 - 10,000
CNY6,200 - 9,300

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