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TWO BISCUIT-FAMILLE VERTE FIGURAL 219
GROUPS OF THE HEHE ERXIAN
Kangxi
The groups each modelled with the Immortal
Twins clad in long robes open at the chest,
with smiling, joyous expressions, variously
holding strings of cash, ingots and fly whisks,
all raised on rockwork plinths. Each 14cm (5
1/2in) high (2).
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY19,000 - 29,000
HK$24,000 - 35,000
219
TWO FAMILLE VERTE ‘DRAGON’ DISHES
Kangxi
The first enamelled with a vigorous pair of
dragons vying for a pearl amongst flaming
clouds, the second with a phoenix and a
dragon whirling around a flaming pearl, each
with typical channelled footrims.
Each approx. 35cm (13 3/4in) diam. (2).
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY19,000 - 29,000
HK$24,000 - 35,000
220
A FAMILLE VERTE ‘HUNDRED
ANTIQUES’ BOWL
Kangxi
With flaring sides rising from a cylindrical
foot, painted to the interior with objects
representative of the ‘hundred antiques’, the
exterior with bands of key fret and dot motifs
at the rim, a band of stylised leaves encircling
the foot, apocryphal Xuande six-character
mark to the base.
22.2cm (8.3/4in) diam.
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY15,000 - 19,000
HK$18,000 - 24,000
220
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