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A WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’
78 BOWL

GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1875-1908)

The bowl has deep, rounded sides flaring slightly
to the rim, and the exterior is decorated with two
phoenix descending between green and iron-red
dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst flower sprigs,
below a band of Buddhist Emblems alternating
with ruyi heads joined by a blue line. The interior is
decorated with a medallion of an iron-red dragon
leaping in pursuit of a flaming pearl.
5¬ in. (14.4 cm.) diam.

HK$80,000-100,000 US$11,000-13,000

PROVENANCE:

Edward Hykes, who worked for Standard Oil in
Shanghai in the late 19th century
Ralph M. Chait Galleries

清光緒 五彩龍鳳呈祥盌
六字楷書款

來源：
Edward Hykes舊藏，其於十九世紀末任職於標
準石油公司中國上海總部
紐約Ralph M. Chait Galleries

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A FINE PAIR OF WHITE-GROUND

FAMILLE ROSE WALL VASES

QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated in mirror-image, each baluster vase is

enamelled with a cascading branch bearing peach

blossoms and leaves in two shades of green, all

against a creamy-white ground incised in graviata

with feathery scrolls and flanked on the shoulder

with a pair of blue elephant-head handles.

7¿ in. (18 cm.) high (2)

HK$50,000-80,000 US$6,500-10,000

PROVENANCE:

Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2006,
lot 1473

清十九世紀
白地軋道粉彩桃花紋壁瓶一對

來源：
香港佳士得，2006年5月30日，拍品1473號