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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘YEN YEN’ VASES A PAIR OF UNUSUAL BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS
Kangxi Kangxi
The phoenix-tail form baluster vases each boldly painted with moulded Each painted to the exterior with the Flowers of the Four Seasons
lappets and cartouches with varied landscape scenes populated with beneath a carved semi-openwork swastika and geometric design
scholars and attendants. border, the interior with depictions of He Xiangu to the well encircling
Each: 46cm (18 1/8in) high (2). the babao and domed centre.
19cm. (7.1/2in) diam. (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 44,000 £3,000 - 5,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000 CNY27,000 - 44,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000
See an example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, collection no.
C.942-1910.
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