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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE
Chongzhen
The baluster body rising to a tall cylindrical neck, decorated with
a scene of a lady greeting a gentleman, before a retinue of female
attendants, in a riverside pavilion garden of pine and rockwork, the
everted rim with a faux-bois design, the lower body with petal lobed
panels of lotus sprays and foliage, alternating with geometric motifs,
the foot with foliate lappets.
42cm (16.1/2in) high.

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

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A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
Chongzhen 243 †
The compressed globular lower section painted with a narrative A BLUE AND WHITE DEEP BOWL
scene depicting an attendant greeting a warrior official before further Chongzhen, circa 1630
attendants holding halberds and a banner, in a garden of pine, plantain The gently curving sides with incised dragons chasing flaming pearls,
and rockwork, the upper pear-shaped section with two gentlemen all covered in a rich cobalt blue, the interior with floral sprays in
scholars seated in a landscape, beneath stylised tulips to the neck. underglaze blue, all raised on a high foot rim.
32cm (12.5/8in) high. 18.3cm (7 1/4in) diam.

£2,000 - 3,000 £300 - 400
CNY18,000 - 28,000 CNY2,800 - 3,700
HK$22,000 - 33,000 HK$3,300 - 4,400

Provenance
An American private collection.

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