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A RARE FAMILLE VERTE BOWL A BLUE AND WHITE ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ BOWL
Kangxi Yutang Jiaqi four-character mark, Early 17th century
The flaring bowl finely enamelled with an unusual scene with three The wide vessel finely painted with the Eight Immortals in a garden
scholars and their attendants admiring six stupas in a lake, the interior visiting a seated Shoulao with attendant on the opposite riverbank,
mouth rim with four Precious Objects reserved on varying diaper the interior well with a scholarly landscape scene within a roundel, all
patterns, the well with another reclining scholar. raised on a thick footrim with a keyfret border. 35cm (13 3/4in) diam.
19.8cm (7 3/4in) diam.
£1,500 - 2,000
£800 - 1,200 CNY15,000 - 19,000
CNY7,700 - 12,000 HK$18,000 - 24,000
HK$9,400 - 14,000
玉堂佳器 yutang jiaqi, ‘Beautiful Vessel for the Jade Hall’ is a base
51 mark associated with blue and white wares of the late 16th and early
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGONS’ BOWL 17th century.
Qing Dynasty or later
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dragons amongst flaming pearls and clouds, the interior rim with a cell- A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ BOWLS
diaper border, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua four-character Kangxi four-character marks, 19th century
mark. 13.1cm (5 1/8in) diam. Each painted to the exterior with two five clawed dragons writhing
amongst peony and chrysanthemum sprays, the interior with
£800 - 1,200 rockwork, lotus and birds amongst prunus, the rim with a continuous
CNY7,700 - 12,000 foliate border. Each: 22.7cm (9in) diam. (2).
HK$9,400 - 14,000
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,700 - 12,000
HK$9,400 - 14,000

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