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TWO PAIRS OF FAMILLE ROSE CUPS A LAVENDER-SPLASHED BALUSTER TWO SHIWAN WARE GLAZED VASES
Daoguang seal marks, Qing Dynasty VASE 19th century
The larger pair decorated with sprays of 19th century Of ovoid and slender elongated form,
flowers, the second, smaller pair, with famille The body covered in a rich purplish red decorated in mottled lavender, violet and
rose Immortals, a crane carrying a peach, glazed with dense lavender splashes, the brown glazes.
and the Immortals’ celestial abode on a white thick glaze pooling at the footrim. The tallest 28.5cm (11.1/4in) high. (2).
sgraffiato ground, box. 39cm (15.3/8in) high.
The larger pair: 8cm (3 1/8in) high (5). £1,000 - 1,500
£800 - 1,200 HK$9,800 - 15,000
£1,000 - 1,500 HK$7,800 - 12,000 CNY8,900 - 13,000
HK$9,800 - 15,000 CNY7,100 - 11,000
CNY8,900 - 13,000 Provenance
Provenance Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018),
Provenance Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), Singapore, and thence by descent
Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), Singapore, and thence by descent The smaller vase - Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
Singapore, and thence by descent Purchased from China Art House, 1973. May 1994, lot 57
The bigger pair acquired from Helen D Ring,
1 August 1978.
The smaller pair acquired from Amsterdam
in 1964.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. ASIAN ART - PART I | 35