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AN ENAMELLED ‘COWHERD’ VASE
Qianlong four-character mark, Republic Period
The body finely painted with a rural scene, with two farmers tending 226
an ox and buffalo, a child atop one of the animals holding a small
swallow, all beside a willow and a rocky outcrop. 20cm (7 7/8in) high

£800 - 1,200
HK$8,300 - 12,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000
226
A GILT-DECORATED POLYCHROME ENAMELLED ‘CRANES’
VASE
Hongxian four-character mark, Republic Period
The elongated oviform vase finely enamelled to the exterior with two
red-capped cranes in a terraced garden, between a spear head
border and a lotus meander motif on a turquoise ground at the
shoulder and foot.
17.5cm (6 7/8in) high
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 16,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000
For an identical vase bearing a Hongxian four-character mark and
dated 1916-1935 see the Victoria & Albert Museum Collection item
no. FE.52-1983.

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A FAMILLE ROSE AND GILT-DECORATED CORAL-GROUND
BOTTLE VASE
Qianlong seal mark, Republic Period
Finely enamelled with circular panels to each side, one enclosing a
mountainous landscape with pavilions and a lake side view, the other
with a scholar dictating a poem to an attendant at a low table in a
terraced garden, all reserved on an orange-hued ground embellished
with scrolling lotus meander and shou symbols.
34cm (13 3/8in) high

£1,500 - 2,000
HK$16,000 - 21,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000 227

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