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TWO BLUE AND WHITE VASES TWO BLUE AND WHITE CYLINDRICAL JARS
Kangxi Kangxi and possibly later
The first of baluster form, meiping, with a court scene depicting The first with shaped medallions of vases and antiques reserved
an official bestowing honour on a scholar, apocryphal Chenghua on a prunus-and-ice-crackle ground; the second with a continuous
six-character mark; the second bottle vase with a river landscape landscape painted in various shades of cobalt blue beneath a band of
depicting a scholar afloat a sampan, the base with a Kangxi six- alternating clouds and rhombuses.
character mark and of the period. The largest: 25cm (9 3/4in) high (2). The landscape: 21cm (8 1/4in) diam. (2).

£500 - 600 £600 - 800
CNY4,600 - 5,500 CNY5,500 - 7,300
HK$5,500 - 6,600 HK$6,600 - 8,800

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A CELADON GROUND, UNDERGLAZE BLUE, COPPER RED AND TWO BLUE AND WHITE JARS
WHITE BALUSTER VASE 17th century
18th century Comprising: a large baluster jar painted with playful Buddhist lions,
Decorated in low relief with a bearded gentleman seated resting the base unglazed, wood cover; and a smaller oviform jar painted with
against rockwork, beneath pine, turning towards a boy offering lingzhi ogival medallions of boys, wood cover; and a further blue and white jar
to a deer. decorated with boys. The tallest: 25cm (9 5/8in) high (5).
24cm (9.1/2in) high.
£900 - 1,200
£600 - 800 CNY8,300 - 11,000
CNY5,500 - 7,300 HK$9,900 - 13,000
HK$6,600 - 8,800

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