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A pair of famille verte oviform vases and covers
19th century
Painted in mirror image, depicting a scene from ‘The Romance of the
Western Chamber’, with Zhang Sheng kneeling before Cui Yingying’s
mother in an elegant interior, two attendants readying a horse in the
fenced garden, Yingying viewed through a window, seated reading at a
table, wood stands.
45cm (17.3/4in) high.

£1,500 - 2,500 HK$18,000 - 30,000
CNY14,000 - 24,000

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A large famille verte brush pot
Enamelled with a continuous scene of a gathering beside a willow,
between two key fret borders at the foot and rim.
19.5cm (7 6/8in) diam.

£600 - 1,000 HK$7,100 - 12,000
CNY5,700 - 9,500

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A famille verte powder-blue ground rouleau vase
19th/20th century
Enamelled in the Kangxi style with panels enclosing phoenix amongst
peony, cranes and bats above waves and under peach trees,
interspersed with shaped cartouches with insects and flowers, the
neck with further scenes of mythical beasts, all reserved against a rich
powder-blue ground.
44cm (17 1/4in) high

£700 - 900 HK$8,300 - 11,000
CNY6,600 - 8,500

The present lot comes with an advice note dated 4th July 1942 issued
from Gill & Reigate, London.

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