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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE OVIFORM
401 VASES
Republic Period
402 Set on short feet with gently flaring necks
160 | BONHAMS and dish shaped rims, each painted and gilt
with scenes of Guanyin holding an infant
and surrounded by animated children, a
four character inscription to the shoulder,
apocryphal blue enamel Qianlong four-
character marks. 20cm (7.7/8in) high. (2).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000

401
A GRISAILLE AND IRON-RED
DECORATED SLENDER BALUSTER VASE
20th century
Depicting a gentleman scholar and boy
attendant standing before pierced rockwork,
apocryphal iron red Hongxian four-character
mark. 26cm (10.1/4in) high.

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,200 - 14,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000

402
A POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED
BALUSTER VASE
20th century
With moulded branch and prunus blossom
handles, decorated with a boy leaning on
rockwork and dangling a string of cash
before a toad, the reverse with a seven-line
inscription, apocryphal underglaze blue
Daoguang six-character mark to the base.
23cm (9in) high.

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,200 - 14,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000

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A GROUP OF CHINESE ART BOOKS AND
CATALOGUES
Comprising: Bonhams, Christie’s and
Sotheby’s auction catalogues; Oriental
Ceramics: The World’s Great Collections,
Kodansha Japan 1981, eleven volumes. (over
60).

£500 - 800
CNY4,600 - 7,300
HK$5,500 - 8,800