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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL
VASES
Kangxi, CD monograms
Each with a compressed body rising from a flared
foot to a long narrow neck and flared mouth,
painted in bright cobalt-blue with shaped reserves
of elegant ladies, alternating with panels of ‘Hundred
Antiques’ or a scholar and attendant in a landscape,
on a ‘cracked-ice’ ground, the neck with florets
between varying foliate and lappet bands, the foot
encircled with wide lappets to each facet.
Each 30cm (11 7/8in) high (2).

£10,000 - 15,000
CNY91,000 - 140,000

清康熙 青花開光人物博古圖六方長頸瓶 一對
青花「CD」畫押款

Provenance: an English private collection

來源： 英國私人收藏

The exact meanings of the marks on the bases
of the present lot remains a matter of conjecture
among scholars. Some argue that it was the
monogram of a European client who commissioned
the group, while other argue that they were copying
Delft wares and that the marks should be read as
‘D’. A discussion on the subject of the meaning of
the monograms can be seen in D.Suebsman and 127
D.Antonin, Kangxi Porcelain Treasures of the Kangxi
Period, Dusseldorf, 2016, no.148.

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A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE, GU
Kangxi
Boldly painted around the upper section with a
continuous scene of a seated scholar drinking from a
cup surrounded by attendants, the central section with
two shaped panels containing flowers and birds, the
lower section with a continuous scene of a lady by a
table and attendants.
44cm (17 1/4in) high.

£6,000 - 10,000
CNY54,000 - 91,000

清康熙 青花人物故事圖花觚

Provenance: Guest & Gray Ltd., London, March 2006
An English private collection

來源： 2006年3月由倫敦古董商Guest & Gray收藏
英國私人收藏

Compare with a related blue and white beaker vase,
Kangxi, which was sold at Bonhams New York,
14 March 2016, lot 8090.

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