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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF                      A FAMILLE-VERTE BISCUIT                             A FAMILLE-ROSE PEACH-FORM
JEANNETTE CURUBY                                     BASKET AND COVER                                    WASHER
                                                     QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD                         QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
A FAMILLE-ROSE BRUSHPOT
LATE 19TH CENTURY / 20TH                             the parfumier of oval section raised on a recessed  the exterior enameled with a gradient of slightly
CENTURY                                              foot, the sides with pierced panels painted with    iridescent rose and cream-colored glaze
                                                     red prunus blossoms, reserved on a green-           simulating the mottled skin, the side with an
the cylindrical vessel painted with shaped           patterned ground with further blossoms, a           applied molded leafy forked branch twisting to
panels on a diaper ground depicting a woman in       black-striped yellow arched handle rising from      the base and forming the foot, the interior in
European attire resting beneath a tree beside a      the shoulder, anking the oval pierced cover         a turquoise enamel and the rim painted in gilt,
small child and holding a trident, the reverse with  surmounted by a green lion (2)                      wood box and cover (3)
an archer on horseback in pursuit of a ying pig,     Height 5¼ in., 13.3 cm                              Width 4⅛ in., 10.5 cm
the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark, wood
stand (2)                                            A parfumier of this type but with a variation       $ 1,000-1,500
Height 5⅛ in., 13 cm                                 in the decoration was in the collection of the
                                                     Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and sold      㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䰱⼑⢥㟫⼊㲿
PROVENANCE                                           at Christie’s New York, 15th September, 2016,
                                                     lot 888.
Collection of Prof. James M. Henry (b. 1880)
Provost of Lingnan University, Guangzhou.            $ 3,000-5,000

$ 800-1,200                                          㶭⹟䅁ġġġḼ⼑攳⃱掌䨢剙⋱䲳㍸䯫

⋩ḅᶾ䲨㛓ġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ
䰱⼑拎⛘攳⃱大㲳Ṣ䈑⚾䫮䫺

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