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TWO FAMILLE ROSE VASES
Republic Period
Comprising: a square vase, cong, enamelled with horses in the manner
of Castiglione, with inscriptions and red seals, wood stand; a small
cylindrical vase finely enamelled with scholars observing a water fall,
the reverse with a long inscription, the foot and mouth with a grisaille
border, wood stand.
The cong: 28cm (11in) high (2).

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,300 - 11,000
HK$8,800 - 13,000

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A FAMILLE ROSE SQUARE SECTION BOTTLE VASE
Qianlong seal mark, Republic Period
Finely enamelled with four seasonal scenes, the neck and shoulder
with a dense lotus meander and flanked with high relief bats
suspending peaches, wood stand.
33cm (13in) high (2).

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

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A PUCE-ENAMELLED BOTTLE VASE
Hongxian four-character mark, early 20th century
The thinly potted globular body rising to a straight neck, finely
enamelled with a mountainous landscape scene with a hermit scholar
venturing out from his villa to the nearby riverside, wood stand. 30.5cm
(12in) high (2).

£1,200 - 1,500 421
CNY11,000 - 14,000
HK$13,000 - 16,000

Provenance
An English private collection, assembled in Hong Kong from 1967-
1989, and thence by descent.

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