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PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘LANGE LIEZEN’
DEEP DISHES
KANGXI MARKS AND PERIOD
each with steep sides rising to broad scalloped rims, the
interior painted with a central pair of elegant ladies admiring
the owering plants set in a jardiniere atop a stand, encircled
by similar pairs of ladies enclosed within radiating lappets
reserved on a diaper ground, the exterior with oral sprigs, the
base with six-character marks in underglaze blue (2)
Diameter 13½ in., 34.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 13th November 2001, lot 215.
$ 7,000-10,000
2001 11 13 215
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PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE MOLDED
BALUSTER VASES,
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
each globular body petal-molded at the belly with overlapping
panels enclosing boughs of owering plants below jardinieres
of leafy owering plants divided by molded petal-edged
circular oral medallions, surmounted by a smaller bulbous
section with further molded upright petals reserving owers,
the waisted tall neck aring to a lipped rim similarly decorated,
all raised on a splayed base with rounded foot encircled with a
demi- oral border, the base with a lingzhi spray (2)
Height 18½ in., 46.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 13th November 2001, lot 217.
$ 20,000-30,000
2001 11 13 217
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