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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF AN
ENGLISH GENTLEMAN (LOTS 116-123)
116
A PAIR OF GREEN AND YELLOW-
ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' CUPS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each cup is decorated with two incised green-
enamelled dragons striding amongst cloud and
fame scrolls, all on a yellow-glazed ground. Each
base is glazed white and bears an apocryphal
Chenghua mark.
2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) diam. (2)
116 £6,000–8,000 $7,900–10,000
€6,700–8,900
PROVENANCE
Acquired in the UK over the past 60 years.
清康熙 黃地綠彩雲龍紋杯一對
來源: 英國私人珍藏
(2)

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF AN
ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
117
TWO BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURAL' CUPS
THE 'FIGURE WITH PARASOL' CUP: KANGXI
SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE
BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF
THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
THE 'SNIPE AND THE CLAM' CUP: 19TH
CENTURY
One cup is decorated with two fgures, one holding
a parasol, amongst rocks and scrolling clouds.
The base bears a Kangxi mark in underglaze
blue within a double circle and of the period. The
other cup with is decorated with a scene from the
story of the Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam
(yubang xiangzheng) depicting a bird grappling
with a clam with three fsherman on the side, the
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base with an apocryphal Kangxi mark.
Both 3 in. (7.5 cm.) diam. (2)
£4,000–6,000 $5,300–7,900
€4,500–6,700

PROVENANCE
Acquired in the UK over the past 60 years.
清康熙 青花人物圖杯 雙圈六字楷書款
及
清十九世紀 青花鷸蚌相爭圖杯
(mark)
來源: 英國私人珍藏
(2)

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