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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED IMARI A CHINESE IMARI ARMORIAL CHARGER A LARGE CHINESE IMARI DISH
BOWLS Kangxi c.1716 Qianlong
The porcelain Kangxi, the mounts 19th Painted and gilt with a large central coat of Painted and gilt with birds amongst flowering
century arms and four smaller to the rim, alternating peonies, bamboo and pierced rockwork,
Each painted in underglaze blue and with arabesque shaped panels of flowering within a border of precious objects entwined
decorated with iron-red and gilt with rockwork plants issuing from rockwork, on a ground amongst leafy lotus and hibiscus stems.
issuing peony blooms, each with a pair of of trailing, leafy peony sprays. 35.5cm (14in) 41.5cm (16.3/8in) diam.
lion-heads suspending an ormolu ring-handle diam.
beneath a gilt bronze border and curling ‘pie- £700 - 1,000
crust’ ormolu rim. £800 - 1,200 CNY6,800 - 9,700
Each 16.7cm (6 1/2in) high (2). CNY7,700 - 12,000 HK$8,200 - 12,000
HK$9,400 - 14,000
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CNY12,000 - 15,000 The arms are Horsemonden, See D.S. A CHINESE IMARI TEAPOT AND COVER
HK$14,000 - 18,000 Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p176, 18th century
pl.B1 The tapering cylindrical body painted with
For a pair of similar plates see Lot 4, The idyllic landscape scenes with pavilions on
Coats Collection, Bonhams, London, 20 June riverbanks and castles amongst clouds,
2006. flanked with a short, straight spout and a loop
handle, the lid similarly decorated and with a
Provenance high knop.
An English Private Collection. 17cm (6 5/8in) wide (2).

£500 - 800
CNY4,800 - 7,700
HK$5,900 - 9,400

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