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           A MIRROR BLACK-GLAZED BOTTLE      A DEHUA ‘DRAGON’ BEAKER VASE, GU  A NEAR PAIR OF YELLOW GLAZED
           VASE                              Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi   BOWLS
           Kangxi                            The splayed foot decorated in relief with   Kangxi
           The compressed globular body rising to a tall  flying dragons amidst flames below two   Each with gently rounded sides rising to a
           gently flaring cylindrical neck, covered in a   ribbed lines, the centre with a band of   flaring rim, the interior and exterior covered
           glossy dark glaze, the recessed white base   clouds, the trumpet shaped neck and mouth   with a rich egg-yolk yellow glaze.
           with underglaze blue double lines. 14cm (5   with two flying dragons pursuing flaming   19cm (7 1/2in) and 19.5cm (7 5/8in) wide (2).
           1/2in) high                       pearls above two ribbed lines.
                                             24.2cm (9 1/2in) high            £5,000 - 7,000
           £1,000 - 1,500                                                     HK$42,000 - 59,000
           HK$8,500 - 13,000                 £2,000 - 3,000                   CNY39,000 - 54,000
           CNY7,700 - 12,000                 HK$17,000 - 25,000
                                             CNY15,000 - 23,000
           Exhibited
           According to the family inventory, exhibited
           at Dorchester House, May/June 1931, cat.
           no. 442.

           Provenance
           From the collection of M D Ezekiel,
           Sotheby’s, lot 188, 21 May 1946.



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