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A PAIR OF RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL GREEN AND YELLOW-ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ BOWLS
SIX CHARACTER KANGXI MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1662-1722
Each incised and decorated in green enamel with two dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls above phoenix medallions, all reserved on a yellow
ground, with roundels enclosing stylised shou characters and clouds to the wells, 15cm. (2)
£4,000-6,000
Provenance: from an English private collection.
Cf. Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st June 2011, lot 3510 for another bowl with this design; see also The Tsui Museum of Art: Chinese Ceramics IV, no.111 for
a further example. It is recorded that bowls with this design were made for guifei, the highest-ranking imperial concubines, or fei, imperial concubines.

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TWO PAIRS OF CHINESE BLUE GLAZED BOWLS
SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908
Each with a U-shaped body and an everted rim, decorated all over with a vivid indigo glaze, the bases glazed white and with the reign marks
in underglaze blue, 17.5cm max. (4)
£1,500-2,000
Provenance: from a private collection. According to the previous owner’s notes, the bowls were acquired at Phillips London on 16th November 1977,
lot 142.

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