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A famille rose baluster vase
20th century
Enamelled with an interior scene with maids
presenting tea leaves to a lady seated on a
day bed, the reverse with a group of Precious
Objects, the neck with the Three Abundances
and a passage of seal script, flanked
with unusual scrolled handles, with three
inscriptions, inscribed Wang Qi, with cyclical
year ren zi, corresponding to 1912, box.
45cm (17 3/4in) high

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,500 - 14,000 HK$12,000 - 18,000

398
An enamelled bowl and cover
Republic
The bowl with two pairs of mythical beast
mask handles, the tall straight sides
enamelled in various tones of green and
brown with two landscape scenes, each
beneath a short calligraphic inscription and a
red seal, with plain interior liner glazed white,
the cover enamelled en-suite with a further
landscape scene and a longer calligraphic
inscription and red seal, with gilded Buddhist
lion finial.
15.5cm (6 1/4in) wide (3).

£1,000 - 1,500 398
CNY9,500 - 14,000 HK$12,000 - 18,000

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A large enamelled brushpot
In the manner of Xu Gai
Enamelled with a dense bamboo grove
issuing from rocky outcrops, the reverse with
a long xingshu inscription, bearing signature
and seal.
20.8cm (8 1/4in) diam.

£1,000 - 2,000
CNY9,500 - 19,000 HK$12,000 - 24,000

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