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A SMALL MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS BOUQUET’
SAUCER DISH
Qianlong seal mark and possibly of the period
The dish finely painted in imitation of the ‘heaping and piling’ of Ming
Dynasty cobalt blue, with a central lotus and arrowroot bouquet
surrounded with further floral meanders and a classic scroll motif
at the mouth rim, the exterior similarly decorated. 11.7cm (4 7/8in)
diam.

£5,000 - 8,000
HK$52,000 - 83,000
CNY44,000 - 71,000
542
A SMALL MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE YELLOW-GROUND
JARLET
18th century
The jar of baluster form, finely painted in cobalt blue simulating
‘heaping and piling’ with a scrolling lotus flower head meander,
above a lappet leaf border at the foot and a ruyi-head and whorl
diaper band at the wide shoulder, reserved on a lemon-yellow enamel
ground, the base ground down, box.
7.5cm (3in) high (2).
£5,000 - 7,000
HK$52,000 - 72,000
CNY44,000 - 62,000
See a related yellow-ground blue and white jarlet, Yongzheng six-
543 character mark and of the period, sold at Christie’s New York, 17
March 2017, lot 1218.

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