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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE HANS J. CHRISTENSEN (1922-1985)

664

A GROUP OF THREE BLUE AND WHITE
‘DRAGON’ BOWLS
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1875-1908)

Each bowl is decorated to the exterior with two
striding fve-clawed dragons chasing faming
pearls above a band of stylised waves and rocks to
the foot rim.
5¿ in. (13 cm.) diam.

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£1,000-1,500 $1,500-2,200
€1,300-1,900

664
PROVENANCE:

Property from the collection of the late Hans J.
Christensen. (1922-1985).

清光緒 青花雙龍戲珠紋碗一組三
件 六字雙行楷書款

666

665

665 666

A BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND A BOTTLE VASE A BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ BOWL AND DISH
18TH AND 19TH CENTURY 20TH CENTURY

The jar is decorated with a pair of farmers working the feld with a water The interior of the bowl and dish are decorated in varying tones of blue with
bufalo, with an apocryphal Wanli mark to the base. The bottle vase is painted a central roundel containing a lotus pond surrounded by a border of scrolling
with a solitary fgure in an extensive mountainous river landscape. Both vases foliage. The exteriors are each decorated with four roundels enclosing the
are mounted with a metal band around the mouth rim. characters Ji xiang ru yi which may be translated as “May all your wishes come
The largest 7¬ in. (19.5 cm.) high true” on a cross-hatch lotus scroll ground.
The dish 6¡ in. (16.3 cm.) diam.
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£1,000-1,500 $1,500-2,200
€1,300-1,900
£500-1,000 $720-1,400
€630-1,300

PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:

Property from the collection from the late Hans J. Christensen. Property from the collection from the late Hans J. Christensen.

清十八世紀及十九世紀 青花小罐及青花小長頸瓶一組 二十世紀 青花「吉祥如意」紋碗及盤一組兩件
兩件

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