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SIX UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND GILT-
224 DECORATED ‘SYBILLE MERIAN’ DISHES
A CELADON-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE Qianlong
GARLIC-HEAD BOTTLE VASE AND A Each boldly painted with a botanical
BLUE AND WHITE AND UNDERGLAZE- illustration after the 17th century German
RED BOWL naturalist Sybille Merian, the flat rims with
scrolling borders and embellished with gilt.
Late Qing Dynasty/20th century Each: 23.3cm (9 1/8in) diam. (6).
The bottle vase with circular panels enclosing £1,500 - 2,000
landscape scenes, Qianlong seal mark; CNY13,000 - 17,000 HK$15,000 - 20,000
the bowl with a dragon and phoenix above
foaming waves, Kangxi six-character mark. 225
The bowl: 18cm (7 1/8in) diam. (2). A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DOUBLE VAJRA’
DISH
£800 - 1,000 HK$8,000 - 10,000 Qing Dynasty
CNY6,900 - 8,600 The bracket-rimmed dish painted in vibrant
cobalt blue with a double vajra to the central
224 well, the flattened rim with the Eight Buddhist
Emblems. 28.5cm (11 1/4in) diam.
225 £1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000
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