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A CHINESE WUCAI SLEEVE VASE A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE ‘DRAGON’
QING DYNASTY VASES
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Painted with a pheasant perched on rocks amidst peony and magnolia 19 CENTURY
branches, with many birds in flight around the flowers, the neck with upright Brightly painted in enamels and gilt with large blue and pink dragons in
leaves on a cracked-ice ground, 36.4cm. pursuit of flaming pearls, the beasts surrounded by clouds and medallions
£2,000-3,000 decorated with flowers, fruits, fish and geometric designs, each with two
applied handles modelled as cranes to the neck, with crashing waves
Provenance: from the collection of May Winifred Boyce (1900-98). encircling the mouths and feet, 63cm. (2)
£2,000-3,000
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