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A PAIR OF CANTON FAMILLE ROSE
BOUGH POTS AND COVERS
19th century
With gilt rope twist handles, each decorated
with panels of ladies and gentlemen at leisure
in pavilion gardens, the sides moulded with
gilt squirrels and grapevines. 22.5cm (9in)
high. (4).
£800 - 1,200
HK$8,200 - 12,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000
571 572
A LARGE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE
‘INVESTITURE OF THE GODS’ TUREEN
TRAY
19th century
The oval dish finely enamelled with a narrative
scene from the mid-Ming Dynasty novel 封神
演義 fengshen yanyi, the upturned rim with
typical fruit, flowers and butterflies on a white
ground. 47.5cm (18 3/4in) wide
£700 - 1,000
HK$7,100 - 10,000
CNY6,300 - 9,000
封神演义 fengshen yanyi, or ‘Investiture of
the Gods’, is a 16th century popular Chinese
novel attributed to Xu Zhonglin. Set during
the violent transition between the Shang
dynasty and the Western Zhou dynasty in the
10th century BC, it extensively draws from
Chinese mythology and religion and includes
many popular Daoist and Buddhist deities
572 who join sides in the human war.

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