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AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND
ENAMELLED TEAPOT AND COVER
Signed He Minggu, cyclically dated bingzi
year corresponding to 1916
The tapering teapot finely enamelled with a
beauty reclining in a terraced garden, with
wave and cell diaper borders, the reverse
with a four-line poetic inscription in clerical
script.
20cm (7 7/8in) wide (2).
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£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000
See a porcelain plaque, signed He
Minggu, and cyclically dated bingwu year
corresponding to 1906, sold in these rooms
11 May 2015, lot 211.
177
A SMALL ENAMELLED ‘SCHOLARS’ POT
Jiangxi ciye gongsi six-character mark,
Republic period
The slightly tapering pot finely decorated with
a scholar at leisure underneath a tree with an
attendant. 9cm (3 1/2in) high

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000
Provenance
Sotheby’s Amsterdam, 17 November 1997,
lot 310.

Compare with a similar brush pot, illustrated 177
by H.A.Van Oort, Chinese Porcelain of the
19th and 20th Centuries, Lochem, 1977,
p.86, pl.121.

178
A FAMILLE ROSE ‘PEACH AND BATS’
CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
Republic period
The domed lid finely enamelled with a fruiting
branch bearing large peaches, with bats
swooping nearby, the box with a continuation
of the design completing the nine peaches
and five bats rebus. 17cm (6 3/4in) diam. (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000

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