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THREE MATCHED FAMILLE VERTE Hancock, 37, Bury Street, St. James’s, S.W.1
BOTTLE VASES A MATCHED PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE (label).
Kangxi ‘FLORAL ROUNDEL’ BOTTLE VASES Heseltine Collection (label)
Each enamelled with rectangular cartouches Kangxi
enclosing the ‘Hundred Antiques’, flowers Each globular bottle with a tall narrow neck, See two comparable vases illustrated
and rockwork arrangements, interspersed finely enamelled to the exterior with floral in C.J.A. Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the
with floral sprigs. The largest: 19cm (7 1/2in) roundels amongst a leafy meander, the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam,
high (3). shoulder with a foliate border, the mouth with Ming & Qing Dynasties, London 1997, p. 260,
a cell diaper band, the bases with an under- no. 299.
£1,200 - 1,500 glaze blue ‘G’ mark. The largest: 25cm (9 For an identical vase, Kangxi, see Sotheby’s
CNY11,000 - 14,000 3/4in) high (2). New York, 15 September 2015, lot 287, and
HK$13,000 - 16,000 another recently sold at Sotheby’s New York,
£2,000 - 4,000 16 March 2016, lot 312.
Provenance CNY18,000 - 37,000
Hancock, 37, Bury Street, St. James’s, S.W.1 HK$22,000 - 44,000
(label).
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