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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE JARDINIÈRE
18th century
Robustly potted with steep rounded sides,
painted around the exterior in vibrant
hues of blue with a continuous landscape
of mountains by water dotted with small
dwellings and pavilions, with strolling scholars
by the banks and fishermen in sampans, all
beneath a key-fret band below the lipped rim.
62.9cm (24 3/4in) diam.

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY44,000 - 71,000
HK$55,000 - 88,000
Compare with a similar blue and white
jardinière, 18th century, in the British Royal
collection and illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese
and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection
of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2016,
pp.198-199, no.405.

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A BLUE AND WHITE FISH BOWL
18th century
The large, deep vessel finely painted to the
exterior with lobed cartouches enclosing
flower baskets, reserved on a stylised floral
ground, with a moulded rib at the wide mouth
rim. 36cm (14 1/8in) high

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 44,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000
57
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘EIGHT HORSES OF
MU WANG’ BOWL
Qianlong minyao seal mark
The flaring bowl painted with eight horses in
various attitudes in a garden.
19.3cm (7 5/8in) diam.
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000 56
HK$16,000 - 22,000

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