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19. Pair of Chinese porcelain famille verte bottle vases each with pear shaped body, slender cylindrical neck and flared rim, painted
with a pair of birds perched on a flowering prunus branch and a branch of bamboo above rockwork and plants, all on a gently
花 鳥 五 彩 一 對 圖 瓶 splayed foot, the underside with a double ring in underglaze blue.
7 ¬ inches, 19.5 cm high.
Kangxi, circa 1700.
• Formerly in a private English family collection, Cambridgeshire.
• Previously sold by John Sparks Ltd., 128 Mount Street, London.
• An identical pair from the collection of Major A. J. A. Douglas were sold by Sotheby’s, London, in their auction of
Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Enamels and Jades, 27th February 1973, lot no. 104, pp. 33-34.
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