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TWO CHINESE IMARI GIN BOTTLES AND
COVERS
18th century
The first alternately decorated on each face
with flowering lotuses, chrysanthemums,
prunus and peonies, the sloping shoulder
with plum blossoms, the cover also with
floral designs; the second alternately with
flowering peonies and chrysanthemums and
with a stylised landscape with interlocking ruyi
clouds, the cover similarly decorated.
The tallest: 26cm (1 1/4in) high (4).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$15,000 - 19,000
Provenance: Christie’s, New York, The 44
Benjamin F. Edwards III collection of Chinese
porcelain, 22 January 2002, lot 95.
B.F. Edwards Collection nos. 1926 and 2736
(labels).

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A PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI GINGER JARS
AND COVERS
18th century
Each decorated with a long-tailed bird on a
fenced terrace adorned with flowering peonies
and lotuses, the covers with floral designs.
Each: 23.4cm (8 1/4in) high (4).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,800 - 13,000
HK$9,700 - 15,000

Provenance: Christie’s, New York, The
Benjamin F. Edwards III collection of Chinese
Export, 22 January 2003, lot 127. 45
B. F. Edwards Collection no. 2985 (labels).
Mark and Marjorie Allen (label).

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A CHINESE IMARI BOWL
18th century
Decorated to one side with a phoenix
amongst peonies, the reverse with a qilin, the
interior with central stylised chrysanthemum
and three half-flowerheads to the sides from
the rim.
28.5cm (11 1/4in) in diam.
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,800 - 13,000
HK$9,700 - 15,000
Provenance: Christie’s, New York, The
Benjamin F. Edwards III collection of Chinese
porcelain, 22 January 2002, lot 4. 46
B.F. Edwards collection, no. 2817 (label).

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