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A GROUP OF TURQUOISE-GLAZED
FIGURES
Kangxi
Comprising: a matched pair of boy-form
brush washers, one with aubergine splashes;
a small model of Liu Hai; and a figure of a
recumbent boy.
The largest: 10.3cm (4 1/8in) wide (4).

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000
HK$8,800 - 13,000
Provenance:
Baron Eugène Fould-Springer (1876-1929),
and thence by descent
131 Le Palais Abbatial de Royaumont (inventory
label nos. 328, 329 and 330).

Baron Eugène Charles Joachim Fould-
Springer (1876–1929), of French-Jewish
ancestry, descended from one of the most
distinguished financial and industrial French
families of the 19th century. He married
Marie-Cécile von Springer (1886-1978), who
hailed from a well-known family of Austrian
industrialists. Born Eugène C.J. Fould, in
1908 he was ennobled by Emperor Franz-
Joseph of Austria as Baron Fould-Springer,
and changed his name by decree in 1912.
He and his wife divided their time between
their Parisian residence on Avenue d’Iéna and
Le Palais Abbatial de Royaumont. He died in
Shanghai in 1929.

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AN AUBERGINE-GLAZED ‘FIVE PEAK’
MOUNTAIN BRUSHREST
Kangxi
Of gently curved form, with five tall pointed
132 peaks, all covered in a rich purple hued glaze.
16.5cm (6.1/2in) long.
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000
HK$8,800 - 13,000
Provenance: A Parisian Collection.
Purchased Hotel Drouot, Paris, 19th
November, 1980.

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A SMALL TURQUOISE-GLAZED
ARCHAISTIC VASE
19th century
Of bronze hu form, the pear-shaped body
incised with a dragon amongst flaming clouds
and pearls, flanked with elephant-head
handles.
15cm (5 7/8in) high

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000
HK$8,800 - 13,000

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