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A PAIR OF TURQUOISE-GROUND A TURQUOISE-GROUND ‘DAYAZHAI- Provenance: The collection of Roger F.F.G.
ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON’ JARDINIÈRES STYLE’ DISH Malengreau CBE (1914-1996)
Late 19th century or early 20th century Guangxu six-character mark and of the
Each tall vessel brightly enamelled to the period For a similar dish, dated Tongzhi/early
exterior with striding four-clawed dragons The interior brightly enamelled with a single Guangxu, see Christie’s London, 6 November
amongst large blossoming chrysanthemums, magpie perched on a wisteria branch, with 2012, lot 238.
peony and lotus flowers, above diaper and peony blossoms and butterflies in flight, with
lappet bands at the foot and mouth rim, all an oval cartouche enclosing the seal mark After a successful career as a pilot in WWII,
reserved on a bright turquoise ground. Each: tian di yi jia chun, the exterior with three iron- Malengreau moved into the Belgian Foreign
35cm (13 3/4in) high (2). red bats. 20.5cm (8in) diam. Service, serving in China and Africa and was
ambassador to Malaysia, Singapore and
£4,000 - 6,000 £1,000 - 1,500 Chile.
HK$41,000 - 62,000 HK$10,000 - 16,000
CNY35,000 - 53,000 CNY8,800 - 13,000 In 1948 he was posted to Beijing,
encountering the upheaval of the civil
Compare with a single jardinière, dated war between the Nationalists and the
Communists. Alongside assisting Belgian
19th/20th century, sold at Christie’s London, missionaries in danger from the conflict, he
2 July 2013, lot 316. also helped a Manchu princess, an aunt of
the Guangxu emperor, to preserve financial
resources banked in Belgium. An act of
kindness leading, one would speculate, to
the presentation of the present lot as a gift.

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