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A BLUE AND WHITE SOUP BOWL AND
COVER
Kangxi mark and of the period
Of circular form, the domed cover
surmounted with a bud finial and painted with
six boys playing in a garden, the rounded
bowl set with opposing pierced semi-floret
handles on the sides and painted with a
continuous scene of four ladies in a garden,
the foot bearing the six-character mark within
a double-circle.
6 3/4in (17.2cm) long, across the handles
$800 - 1,200
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清康熙 外銷青花四妃六子紋蓋湯盌

Provenance
Acquired in February 1992
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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘CRANE AND DEER’
GARLIC MOUTH VASE
Kangxi period
Potted with a broad shoulder rising from a
skirted foot to a tall cylindrical neck encircled
with a raised ridge and a compressed garlic
mouth with everted lipped rim, the body
painted in shades of cobalt blue with a
continuous scene of deer and cranes amid
pine trees and rocks, the foot encircled by
a short foot ring and bearing a six-character
Chenghua mark within a double-circle.
10 5/8in (27cm) high

$3,000 - 5,000
清康熙 青花鶴鹿同春圖蒜頭口瓶

Provenance
Acquired in July 1988
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A vase of similar shape and size, also dating
to the Kangxi period was sold at Sotheby’s,
New York, 15 March 2017, lot 531.
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FOUR BLUE AND WHITE DISHES
Kangxi period
Comprising two pairs; the first pair decorated
with floral medallions surrounded by stylized
shou characters, enclosed within a border
of ringed florets around the rim, the exterior
with lotus blossoms borne on bound foliate
scrolls, the six-character marks enclosed
within double-circles; the second pair
painted to the center with writhing dragons
and flaming pearls against a blue ground,
surrounded with panels enclosing churning
waves and stylized blossoms flanked by
flames, the floret mark enclosed within a
double circle.
6 3/8in (16.2cm) diameters

$2,500 - 3,500
清康熙 青花盤兩對

Provenance
The floral medallion pair: acquired in 1990 176
The dragon pair: Renee Rush, March 1995

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