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TWO SIMILARLY DECORATED BLUE
AND WHITE ‘DANCER’ VASES
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Each vase is decorated with a continuous

scene of a dancer accompanied by

female musicians, before a lady and her

attendants. The necks are decorated with

fowers. There is an underglaze blue leaf

mark within a double circle to each base.

16 in. ( 40.7 cm.) high (2)

£5,000-8,000 $6,300-10,000
€5,800-9,200

清康熙 青花人物故事圖瓶一組兩件

295 PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED OLD DUTCH FAMILY
295 COLLECTION

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52 CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES
THREE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER
VASES AND COVERS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Each vase is moulded and decorated
with swirling panels enclosing fowers,
between lappet-shaped foral panels at
the foot and shoulder. The domed covers
are similarly decorated.
The largest 11¬ in. (29.5 cm.) high (3)

£2,000-3,000 $2,600-3,800
€2,400-3,500

PROVENANCE

The vendor is a descendant of two
famous Dutch tea families, written
about by the renowned Dutch writer
Hella Haasse in her novel The Tea Lords,
published in 1992.

清康熙 青花花卉紋蓋瓶一組三件

來源： 荷蘭貴族私人舊藏