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A group of five famille rose figures An unusual underglaze blue and famille rose
20th century circular box and cover
Comprising four beauties and a scholar, each clad in brightly Qianlong four-character mark, 19th or 20th century
enamelled robes and standing on a cloud base; together with a stone The cover painted in underglaze blue and enamelled with a central
carving of a Buddhist monk. landscape medallion framed by a Ba Anxian border, its sides reaching
The scholar: 17cm (6 5/8in) high (6). down to the stepped base of the box and decorated with cranes,
the interior of the cover also with cranes, the interior of the box with
£500 - 700 HK$5,900 - 8,300 goldfish amongst seaweeds, the tall sides of the box enamelled
CNY4,700 - 6,600 turquoise; together with three famille rose wine cups and two tea cups.
The box and 26.7cm (10 1/2in) diam. (7).

71 £500 - 800 HK$5,900 - 9,500
A pair of yellow-ground famille rose vases, cong CNY4,700 - 7,600
Shendetang zhi mark
With moulded elephant head and ring handles, decorated in famille 73
rose enamels and gilt with scrolling, entwined lotus sprays and foliage, A famille rose square brushpot
the central flowerheads bearing ruyi form and musical stone, qing, 19th century
pendants. The brushpot raised on four bracket feet, enamelled on each side
Each vase: 35cm (13 3/4in) high (2). with a continuous landscape with fishermen, farmers and a scholar
and his attendant, apocryphal Qianlong four-character mark to base;
£1,500 - 2,500 HK$18,000 - 30,000 together with a bee-hive waterpot, raised on a high foot, the base with
CNY14,000 - 24,000 a crackled glaze.
The brushpot: 10.6cm (4 1/8in) high (2).

£600 - 800 HK$7,100 - 9,500
CNY5,700 - 7,600

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