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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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