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A famille verte dish A famille verte dish
Kangxi Kangxi
Boldly enamelled to the well with a basket holding a profusion Painted and gilt with a galloping qilin in a fenced garden with
of blossoming flowers including peony, wisteria, lotus and paulownia, plantain and rockwork, with jardinieres set on rocky plinths
chrysanthemum, surrounded with a diaper border with cartouches and an exotic phoenix in flight above.
enclosing prunus branches, the base with an underglaze-blue jue motif. 38cm (15in) diam.
27.3cm (in) diam.

£500 - 800 HK$5,900 - 9,500 £500 - 600 HK$5,900 - 7,100
CNY4,700 - 7,600 CNY4,700 - 5,700

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A famille verte octagonal dish
Kangxi A pair of famille verte ‘precious objects’ plates
The oval well enamelled with a terraced garden scene with two ladies
observing a lotus pond and apricot blossom, surrounded with a ruyi Kangxi
head border, the flat rim with four cartouches enclosing butterflies on a Each decorated with central scenes of tables with vases and
peony and grass seed ground. jardinières and a multitude of scattered precious objects, within
32cm (12 5/8in) wide borders of demi flowerheads and foliage, the exteriors with further
auspicious emblems.
22cm (8.5/8in) diam. (2).

£1,000 - 1,200 HK$12,000 - 14,000 £500 - 800 HK$5,900 - 9,500
CNY9,500 - 11,000 CNY4,700 - 7,600

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