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A SMALL CHINESE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN IMITATION STONE A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE
WATERPOT REPUBLIC PERIOD
LATE 18 /EARLY 19 CENTURY Painted with the poet Tao Yuanming in a garden, his
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The quatrelobed body imitating agate in red and brown enamels, with gilt to attendant holds a basket and points towards blossoming
the rim and turquoise to the interior, all raised on a short flared foot, together chrysanthemum, the tall flaring neck flanked by two archaistic
with a metal spoon terminating in a dragon’s head, 6.5cm. (2) handles, with an inscription reading Yuanming ai ju, the base
£1,000-1,500 with a four character mark reading mei shu xue xiao, 22.9cm.
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection acquired in the 1930s.
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL AND SAUCER A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CYLINDRICAL BRUSHPOT, BITONG
SIX CHARACTER XIANFENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1851-61 QING DYNASTY
Each brightly decorated in enamels and gilt with a figural The exterior finely painted with a cricket, dragonfly,
scene, the bowl with a deep body and barbed rim, the butterfly and other insects amongst various flowers and
moulded gently flaring sides of the saucer painted with rockwork, with gilt to the rim, the base with a six character
the Bajixiang set amidst flowers and ribbons, 9.5cm and Daoguang mark, 12cm.
14.5cm. (2)
£200-300
£300-500

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