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A large famille verte
69 ‘Xiwangmu’ saucer dish
80 | Bonhams Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi
Finely enamelled in the centre with Xiwangmu, the
Goddess of Longevity, and a chariot with deer, with
three bats flying above, framed by two underglaze
blue double circles, the reverse decorated with a
pattern of shou characters. 39cm (15 3/8in) diam.

£4,000 - 6,000
HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY40,000 - 59,000

清康熙 五彩西王母圖盤 青花「大明成化年製」楷
書款

Provenance 來源: D & M Freedman Ltd., London
Roy Davids Collection, no.138, acquired on 8 June
2003

The present lot, depicting Xiwangmu, the Queen
Mother of the West, and a symbol of longevity,
would have been considered most suitable as a
birthday gift for Court lady. Compare a very similar
dish in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting
Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, no.102, and another
illustrated by Wang Qingzheng, Kangxi Porcelain
Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong
Kong, 1998, no.98.

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A wucai dish
Early Kangxi
The straight sides rising to a flared rim, the central
medallion painted in underglaze blue and finely
enamelled with a phoenix flying above a qilin besides
bamboo, rockwork and flowers, a floral border at the
rim, the base with a phoenix enclosed in a pentafoil
medallion. 30.5cm (12in) diam.

£800 - 1,200
HK$10,000 - 15,000 CNY7,900 - 12,000

清康熙早期 五彩鳳凰麒麟紋盤

Provenance 來源: J.A.N. Fine Art Ltd., London
Desmond R.Laurence Collection (label), acquired on
27 June 2005
Woolley & Wallis, 19 May 2010, lot 81
Roy Davids Collection, no.130

A similar example, Kangxi period c.1700,, is
illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese Ceramics: The Koger
Collection, London, 1985, no.110.

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A large famille verte
‘lotus pond’ baluster
jar and cover
Kangxi
Well potted, the rounded sides rising up to a straight
rim decorated with a band of floral sprays, the body
finely enamelled with a continuous lotus pond scene
showing butterflies and birds flying over a pond with
blossoming lotus flowers and two herons, the cover
also decorated with lotus flowers and butterflies.
59cm (23 1/4in) high (2).

£10,000 - 15,000
HK$130,000 - 190,000 CNY99,000 - 150,000

清康熙晚期 五彩荷塘鴛鴦紋蓋罐