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十 16. A large pair of Chinese porcelain famille verte ginger jars and covers, each painted with four lozenge-shape panels containing

六 fan-shaped windows, with individual ladies and gentleman standing beside a fence looking out at two towers within a wall, all

between ‘Hundred Antiques’ and separated by large flower sprays of lotus and peony, the borders with flowerheads and ruyi, the
康 domed cover with ‘Hundred Antiques’ including books, scrolls, censers and vases above a double-leaf and flowerhead band.
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五 The base with a green artemisia leaf within a double ring in underglaze blue.
彩 12 inches, 30.5 cm high.
開 Kangxi, 1662-1722.

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人 • Formerly in an old European collection.
物 • A similar jar and cover is illustrated by Christiaan J.A. Jörg in Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam,

蓋 The Ming and Qing Dynasties, no. 198, p. 177; another pair with ormolu is illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from

罐 the Meiyintang Collection, volume two, pl. 784, pp. 152/3.
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