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A COPPER-RED ‘THREE FISH’ STEM BOWL
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period
The wide, conical bowl with gently everted rim, resting on a concave,
tapering foot, the bowl decorated to the exterior with three crisp
mandarin fish in a bright copper red, each detailed with serrated
dorsal and rounded tail fins, the interior of the stem with the
underglaze blue six-character mark in a line. 15.4cm (6in) diam.
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$16,000 - 21,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
Provenance
by repute, collection of William Green (1894 - 1972), former Principal
of the Exeter College of Art and keen collector of watercolours,
ceramics and antiques, and thence by descent.
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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER’ DEEP
BOWL
Early 18th century
The thickly potted vessel painted with a wintry scene of bamboo,
pine and prunus blossoms under a hatched pattern band at the
lipped rim.
15.5cm (6in) diam.
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$21,000 - 32,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘THREE FRIENDS’
BOWL
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the
period
Decorated to the exterior with a garden of
pine, prunus and bamboo, the interior with a
lingzhi roundel to the well.
11.7cm (4.5/8in) diam.
£500 - 800
HK$5,400 - 8,600
CNY4,500 - 7,200
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