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                                                                              A MATCHED PAIR OF ENAMELLED
                                                                              ‘EIGHT TRIGRAMS’ OCTAGONAL
                                                                              BOWLS
                                                                              Xianfeng seal marks and of the period
                                                                              The eight-sided tapering vessel moulded with
                                                                              the ba gua and highlighted in gilt, between
                                                                              bands of T-fret and key-fret at the mouth and
                                                                              flaring foot.
                                                                              The largest: 15cm (5 7/8in) diam. (2).

                                                                              £1,500 - 2,000
                                                                              HK$16,000 - 21,000
                                                                              CNY13,000 - 18,000
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           A PAIR OF UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND
           DOUCAI ENAMELLED BOWLS
           Probably 18th century
           Of flaring form with counter sunk unglazed
           feet, each with a continuous scene depicting
           two seated scholars in a pavilion garden, one
           reclining against a bundle of scrolls, a boy in
           attendance, the interior with an apocryphal
           Yongle four-character mark within bands
           of flowerheads on whorl pattern grounds.
           10.5cm (4.1/8in) diam. (2).
           £2,000 - 3,000
           HK$21,000 - 31,000                     110
           CNY18,000 - 26,000








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                                                                              A PAIR OF DOUCAI ‘BUDDHIST
                                                                              EMBLEMS’ WINE CUPS
                                                                              Daoguang seal marks and of the period
                                                                              Each painted, enamelled and gilt with shou
                                                                              characters, swastikas and Buddhist emblems
                                                                              above a polychrome lappet band to the foot,
                                                                              Japanese box.
                                                                              Each 6.6cm (2 7/8in) diam. (3).

                                                                              £1,200 - 1,800
                                                                              HK$12,000 - 19,000
                                                                              CNY11,000 - 16,000

                                                                              A single cup of the same design was sold
                                                                              at Woolley and Wallis, Asian Art II, 18 May
                   111                                                        2016, lot 738.





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