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A pair of famille rose ‘Wu Shuang
Pu’ bottle vases
19th century
Each enamelled with characters from the Wu
Shuang Pu, interspersed with their written
entries, between dragon and cloud bands at
the foot and mouth rim.
Each vase: 35cm (13 3/4in) high (2).

£800 - 1,200 HK$9,500 - 14,000
CNY7,600 - 11,000

Wu Shang Pu 無雙普 or ‘Table of Peerless
Heroes’ was a woodblock printed book
published in the late 17th by Jin Guilang
which illustrated forty imagined portraits
of Chinese folk heroes. The present lot is
decorated with ten characters including
Sun Ce, a late Eastern Han general and Tao
Yuanming, an influential Six Dynasties poet.

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A large Canton famille rose vase
19th century
Painted and gilt with a continuous scene of
numerous deities and attendants, variously
on a pavilion terrace, riding mythical beasts
amongst waves and amongst cloud scrolls,
within a mountainous, tree-strewn landscape.
91cm (35.3/4in) high.

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

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A large Canton famille rose
‘Peerless Heroes’ vase
19th century
Typically heavily potted as a large trumpet-
necked baluster vase, enamelled to the
exterior with the characters from the 17th
century volume ‘Wu Shuang Pu’, beside
their name and a short description of their
character, the rim and foot with a decorative
band of dragons amongst clouds.
84cm (33in) high

£500 - 1,000 HK$5,900 - 12,000
CNY4,700 - 9,500

Canton famille rose vases decorated with this
design are quite unusual. Larger vessels, such
as the present lot, allow for all the characters
to be depicted.
A very similar vase, also missing its handles,
was sold by Christie’s King Street, 10 May
2011, lot 320.

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