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A blue and white bowl
Kangxi six-character mark and of the period
Delicately and deeply potted with a gently flaring rim, painted in vibrant
tones of cobalt-blue with blooming lotus flowers borne on meandering
leafy foliage, all above a band of upright petal lappets, the interior
similarly decorated, wood stand.
19.1cm (7 1/2in) diam. (2).

£6,000 - 10,000 CNY59,000 - 99,000
HK$75,000 - 130,000

清康熙 青花纏枝蓮紋碗 青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London
Roy Davids Collection, no.112, acquired on 18 October 2011

For a similar bowl of the same size and design, Kangxi mark and
period, see R.Krahl and C.von Spee, Chinese Ceramics from the
Gulexuan Collection, Lunen, 2003, no.89. A pair of bowls with similar
design from the Kangxi period is illustrated by J.Ayers in The Baur
Collection Geneva: Chinese Ceramics, Volume Four, Geneva, 1974,
nos.A 510 and A 511.

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A blue and white ‘long elizas’ baluster jar
Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi
Painted vividly around the exterior with four ladies engaged in various
leisurely activities such as playing the lute, petting rabbits, and
appreciating flowers, standing beside wutong trees and arrangements
of peony and chrysanthemum, all beneath a band of phoenixes.
19cm (7 1/2in) high

£2,000 - 3,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000
HK$25,000 - 38,000

清康熙 青花仕女圖罐 青花「大明成化年製」楷書款

Provenance 來源: Roy Davids Collection, no.92 118
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Vases such as the present lot, painted with ladies who are very tall in
proportion to the size of the piece (known affectionately in the West
as ‘Long Elizas’) are thought to have been made early in the Kangxi
period, due to their lively, uninhibited style.