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A LARGE POLYCHROME ‘THREE
FRIENDS OF WINTER’ BOWL
Underglaze blue Xuande six-character mark,
16th/17th century
Decorated to the exterior in polychrome
enamels with pine, blossoming prunus and
bamboo above a band of overlapping petal
lappets, the interior with a central medallion
of lingzhi and bamboo. 28.5cm (11 1/4in)
diam.
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$13,000 - 17,000 49
CNY12,000 - 15,000

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TWO SWATOW POLYCHROME DISHES
16th/17th century
Comprising: one dish with a central lotus
flower medallion and four chrysanthemum
reserves to the border against a stylised
foliate ground; and a turquoise, green
and iron-red enamel dish with a central
decoration of phoenix in a garden setting,
with naturalistic cartouches to the border
against a diaper ground. The biggest:
38.1cm (15in) diam. (2).

£700 - 1,000
HK$5,900 - 8,500
CNY5,400 - 7,700

50 Provenance
An English Private Collection and thence by
descent.

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A WUCAI ‘DRAGON’ JAR
Shunzhi
Painted in red and green enamels with three
panels of dragons among peonies, lotus and
lingzhi, framed by three line borders and ruyi
heads and vertical dragon reserves, below a
lotus scroll band to the shoulder.
17.5cm (6 7/8in) high

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$8,500 - 13,000
CNY7,700 - 12,000

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