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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE SLENDER BALUSTER VASES
Hongxian four-character marks, early 20th century
The elongated tubular necks enamelled with upright bands of plantain
leaves hiding small florets, above luxuriant vines of cascading flowers
to the well-rounded shoulders, leading to scattered circular medallions
above formal lappet bands to the slender feet. Each 36cm (14 1/8in)
high (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,800 - 13,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000

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A PAIR OF PUCE-ENAMELLED HEXAGONAL JARDINIÈRES
Hongxian Yuzhi four-character marks, Republic Period
Each flower pot and stand intricately enamelled in a bright pink hue
with a central band of lotus flower heads and bats, bordered with
lappets, with ruyi-head and lappet bands at the foot and mouth rims,
raised on six small feet. Each: 17.5cm (6 7/8in) high (4).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000

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A SMALL ENAMELLED ‘SCHOLARS’ POT
Jiangxi ciye gongsi six-character mark, Republic Period
The slightly tapering pot finely decorated with a scholar at leisure
underneath a tree with an attendant. 9cm (3 1/2in) high

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 44,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000
Provenance
Sotheby’s Amsterdam, 17 November 1997, lot 310.

Compare with a similar brushpot, illustrated by H.A.Van Oort, Chinese
Porcelain of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Lochem, 1977, p.86, pl.121. 167

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