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           A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE JARS AND COVERS
           Kangxi
           Each of ovoid form rising from a recessed base to a
           short tapering neck, brightly enamelled around the
           exterior with large shaped panels enclosing birds
           and insects perched on or hovering above flowers
           issuing from rockwork and the ‘Hundred Antiques’,
           all reserved on a green diaper ground, the domed
           covers similarly decorated with precious objects.
           Each 30.8cm (12 1/8in) high (4).

           £10,000 - 15,000
           CNY91,000 - 140,000
           清康熙   五彩錦地開光花鳥圖蓋罐 一對

           Provenance: Chait Galleries, New York (label)
           Christie’s New York, 21 January 2009, Lot 39
           An English private collection

           來源：
           紐約古董商Chait Galleries （標貼）
           2009年1月21日於紐約佳士得拍賣，拍品39號
           英國私人收藏                                                                      136

           Compare with a related famille verte jar and cover,
           Kangxi, illustrated by C.J.A.Jorg, Famille Verte:
           Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamels, Amsterdam,
           2011, p.38, no.26.

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           A FAMILLE VERTE ‘ROMANCE OF THE
           WESTERN CHAMBER’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG
           Kangxi
           The tall sides delicately enamelled with a continuous
           scene of a monk squatting on the ground wearing
           his distinctive cap and holding a fan as he gazes up
           at a butterfly, beside him two elegant ladies and a
           gentleman also fix their attention on the butterfly, all
           set within a terraced garden with rocks and trees.
           15.1cm (5 8/9in) high.
           £3,000 - 5,000
           CNY27,000 - 45,000
           清康熙  五彩西廂記圖筆筒

           Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de
           Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand Officer of the Italian
           Crown, Commander of the Order of St Maurice
           and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of
           Pius IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess
           Margaretha d’Austria Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de
           Marchio (1894 – 1986).
           Acquired from Chu Tsun Tsai, 24 March 1940

           來源：
           佛朗西斯高．瑪利亞，塔里安利．得．馬基奧侯爵
           （1887-1968）及馬加烈特．奧地利-托斯卡納女大
           公，塔里安利．得．馬基奧女侯爵（1894-1986）
           伉儷收藏
           於1940年3月24日購自上海古董商眾珍齋文玩號

           The brushpot depicts a scene from the Western
           Chamber, known as ‘Beauty’s Enchantment’
           showing Zhang Gong and the monk as well as Cui
           Yingying and Hong Niang. Compare with a dish with
           similar decoration illustrated in Seventeenth Century
           Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection,          137
           Alexandria, 1990, p.181.


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