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                                                                                                  A PAIR OF GILT-DECORATED POWDER BLUE-GLAZED VASES
                                                                                                  19th century
                                                                                                  Of hexagonal baluster form, each flanked by a pair of scrolling handles
                                                                                                  and covered in a dark, lustrous blue glaze thinning at the edges, gilt
                                                                                                  with pavilions, boats, prunus and floral sprays, a yin yang symbol on
                                                                                                  the central band between the body and neck. Each 41.7cm (16 3/8in)
                                                                                                  high (2).

                                                                                                  £1,000 - 1,500
                                                                                                  CNY8,600 - 13,000	 HK$10,000 - 15,000

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A CELADON-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE
AND A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
19th/20th century
The first vase painted with scholars in a landscape; the second vase
with an interior scene with court ladies and gentlemen, apocryphal
Kangxi four-character mark to base.
The largest: 49cm (19 1/4in) high (2).

£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000	 HK$8,000 - 12,000

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A PAIR OF DOUCAI AND GILT BALUSTER VASES

19th century
Each enamelled and painted to the exterior with a scholar visiting
workers in a garden amongst flowers and rockwork, the shoulders
with applied beast mask handles suspending loops. Each: 22.5cm (8
3/4in) high (2).

£800 - 1,000       HK$8,000 - 10,000
CNY6,900 - 8,600	

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