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           A FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT FIGURE OF   A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT   A YELLOW AND BROWN-GLAZED
           GUANYIN AND A PAIR OF BUDDHIST    FIGURES OF HORSES AND RIDERS,    MODEL OF A TIGER
           LIONS                             19th century                     19th century
           Kangxi                            The first figure modelled in the Kangxi style,   The ferocious feline modelled seated on
           The Bodhisattva modelled seated at ease   with a Manchu archer, seated atop an   its haunches, with a broad powerful head,
           with long robes coloured with ochre,   aubergine-glazed steed standing four-square   bulging eyes and open jaw, the skin zig-
           aubergine and green glazes, the hands   on a rectangular plinth; the second model   zagging ochre and brown stripes. 15.5cm (6
           holding a lotus flower and a vase; the pair of   similar but with the rider standing aside his   1/8in) high
           lions with ferocious expressions, one with a   horse. The largest: 22.5cm (8 7/8in) high (2).
           cub, the other with a brocade ball.                                £800 - 1,200
           The figure: 19.5cm (7 5/8in) high (3).  £1,000 - 1,500             HK$8,300 - 12,000
                                             HK$10,000 - 16,000               CNY7,100 - 11,000
           £800 - 1,200                      CNY8,800 - 13,000
           HK$8,300 - 12,000
           CNY7,100 - 11,000                 Provenance: Collected during the 1970s, by
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