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A FAMILLE VERTE ‘ROMANCE OF THE
WESTERN CHAMBER’ DISH
Kangxi
Brightly enamelled in a predominantly
blue palette with Zhang Sheng on a horse
alongside his servant, leaving his paramour
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with a central arrangement of blossoming
flowers, the bracket rim with radiating diaper
lappets overlaid with further floral sprigs.
The largest: 22.5cm (8 3/4in) diam. (4).
£800 - 1,200
HK$8,200 - 12,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000
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A GROUP OF FAMILLE ROSE WARES
18th century
Comprising: a pair of ‘Romance of the
Western Chamber’ dishes, enamelled with
Zhang Sheng playing the zither whilst Cui
Yingying listens on in a garden; a pair of
figural wall plaques modelled as court ladies
holding vases; a dish with an elaborate
peony spray; two coffee cups with floral
decoration.
The pair of dishes: 22.5cm (8 3/4in) diam.
(7).

£800 - 1,200
HK$8,200 - 12,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE OCTAGONAL
‘LADY AND BOYS’ DISHES
Yongzheng
Each finely enamelled to the central well
with a court lady reclining on a daybed
listening to a pair of boys practicing reading,
the eight-sided mouth rim with quatre-
lobed cartouches enclosing floral sprigs, all
reserved on a pink ground.
Each: 20.5cm (8in) diam. (2).
£1,500 - 2,500
HK$15,000 - 26,000
CNY13,000 - 22,000

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