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A FAMILLE ROSE BLUE-GROUND                       A MATCHED PAIR OF WUCAI DISHES                 A FAMILLE VERTE ‘BUTTERFLY AND
SGRAFFIATO ‘MEDALLION’ BOWL                      17th century                                   PEONY’ DISH
Daoguang seal mark                               The interiors vibrantly enamelled with floral  Kangxi
The bowl with four cartouches enclosing          sprays, diaper bands and foliate borders, the  Finely enamelled with two colourful butterflies
scenes of the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid,       bases with channelled foot rims, one with an   in flight above a bright peony spray emanating
reserved on a blue enamelled, incised foliate    apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark.        from rockwork, the base with a ‘conch’ mark
ground with cloud enamelling, the interior with  35.3cm (13 7/8in) diam. (2).                   and channelled foot rim. 33.8cm (13 1/4in)
underglaze-blue decoration. 14.5cm (5 3/4in)                                                    diam.
diam.                                            £800 - 1,200
                                                 CNY6,900 - 10,000	 HK$8,000 - 12,000           £1,000 - 1,500
£3,000 - 5,000                                                                                  CNY8,600 - 13,000	 HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000	 HK$30,000 - 50,000

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