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A FAMILLE NOIRE ‘MAGPIE AND PRUNUS’ SQUARE-SECTION
VASE
19TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated to each side with birds perched on and in fight above
dense prunus fowering on gnarled twisted branches amongst rocks and
bamboo. The shoulder is decorated with aster sprays, and the faring neck is
decorated with prunus growing from rocks divided by leaf sprays. The base is
marked with an artemisia leaf in underglaze blue.
18√ in. (48 cm.) high
£8,000-12,000 $11,000-16,000
€9,000-13,000
Compare a famille noire square-section vase of very similar size and design
dated to the Kangxi period from the collection of Anthony de Rothschild
exhibited at the International Exhibition of Chinese Art 1935-1936, published
in the Royal Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the International Exhibition of
Chinese Art 1935-6, London: 1936, p.144, no. 1718.

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