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A POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON’
PLAQUE
Guangxu
Finely enamelled with dragons writhing
amongst flaming clouds and vying for pearls
above foaming waves, with a central tablet
with an inscription. 39cm (15 3/8in) high

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 28,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000

The inscription reads: 大英国欽命江西九江領
事府倭大人德政. Which can be translated as:
‘England, by Imperial order, Jiujiang prefecture
of Jiangxi province foreign affairs consul Wo,
printed by Ren Ting, virtuous government’.

It is likely the plaque was given to a foreign
diplomat, likely English, as a gift.

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A COPPER-RED DECORATED BLUE AND
WHITE ‘HUNDRED BATS’ BOTTLE VASE
Circa 1800
The elegantly potted vase painted and
enamelled with bats swooping amongst finely
scrolling clouds and above foaming waves,
the wide mouth with a key-fret and lappet
border, the short foot with a classic scroll
motif, the base with an apocryphal Kangxi six-
character mark, wood stand.
34cm (13 3/8in) high

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

Compare the bats and clouds design with
a globular vase, dated Xuantong period,
illustrated in G. Avitabile, From The Dragon’s
Treasure: Chinese Porcelain from the 19th and
20th centuries in the Weishaupt Collection,
London 1987, p. 119, no. 169.

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A POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON’
BOTTLE VASE
Qianlong seal mark, 20th Century
The globular body with roundels enclosing
groups of Precious Objects and birds and
flowers, the shoulder with another floral
border, all reserved on a diaper ground, the
shoulder with an applied chilong modelled in
the round. 33cm (13in) high

£500 - 700
CNY4,600 - 6,400
HK$5,500 - 7,700

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