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AN ENAMELLED ‘BIRDS AND FLOWERS’ TEA SET A PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND IRON-RED ENAMELLED
Jingdezhen seal marks, 20th century BALUSTER VASES
Comprising four cups and saucers and a cylindrical teapot, each Sibuzhai four-character hallmarks
finely enamelled with two short-tailed birds perched on a branch Each finely enamelled with pairs of Buddhist lions and their cubs
amongst blossoming prunus flowers, the cups and pot inscribed to playing with brocade balls amongst flames, all reserved on a bright
the reverse with poetic passages and red seals. yellow ground.
The teapot: 17cm (6 5/8in) high (10). Each: 36cm (14 1/8in) high (2).
£500 - 800 £800 - 1,200
HK$5,200 - 8,300 HK$8,300 - 12,000
CNY4,400 - 7,100 CNY7,100 - 11,000
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A PAIR OF COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE A FAMILLE ROSE ‘BALSAM PEAR’ BOWL
BALUSTER VASES Qianlong seal mark, Republic Period
Yongzheng six-character marks, 20th century The tall vessel with gently everted rim, finely enamelled to the exterior
Each vase finely painted with a kingfisher and dragonfly swooping and interior with fruiting balsam pears on a leafy vine, aside bamboo
amongst flowering lotus and rockwork. shoots and butterflies, an iron-red seal mark to the base. 11cm (4
Each: 16cm (6 1/4in) high (2). 1/4in) diam.
£1,000 - 1,500 £800 - 1,200
HK$10,000 - 16,000 HK$8,300 - 12,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000 CNY7,100 - 11,000
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