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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHOENIX’ BOWLS A BLUE AND WHITE QUATRE-LOBED VASE
Guangxu six-character marks and of the period 19th century
Of ogee form, each painted to the interior with a central roundel of Each side boldly painted with scholars and Immortals enclosed in
a confronting male and female phoenix amongst cloud scrolls, the cartouche panels, all reserved on a design of insects and flowers,
exterior with a similar continuous design, wood stands and fitted flanked with loop handles, wood stand. 36cm (14 1/8in) high
boxes. 17.5cm (6.7/8in) diam. (6).
£2,500 - 4,000
£1,800 - 2,400 CNY24,000 - 39,000
CNY17,000 - 23,000 HK$29,000 - 47,000
HK$21,000 - 28,000
Provenance
33 A European private collection and thence by descent.
AN UNDERGLAZE-RED ‘ARABESQUE’ JAR
Qianlong seal mark, 20th century 35
Finely painted with an Islamic geometric design centred around a lotus AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND IRON RED ‘DRAGON’ VASE
flower head, interspersed with foliate bands and roundels, the short Late Qing Dynasty
neck and foot with a hatched pattern. Of tri-lobed baluster form, decorated with a forward facing five-clawed
18cm (7 1/8in) high dragon, flanked by two sinuous, confronting dragons pursuing the
flaming pearl, amongst flames and cloud scrolls, above a broad band
£2,000 - 3,000 of foaming waves to the foot, wood stand.
CNY19,000 - 29,000 30cm (11.3/4in) high. (2).
HK$24,000 - 35,000
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY19,000 - 29,000
HK$24,000 - 35,000

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