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A MATCHED PAIR OF POLYCHROME £1,500 - 2,000 Gegenwart. Johann Friedrich Böttger zum
‘WATER BUFFALO AND PINE’ SPILL CNY13,000 - 18,000 300. Geburstag, Dresden, 1982, pl.I/99. For
VASES HK$15,000 - 19,000 a related Chinese famille rose figure of Budai,
Qianlong circa 1725-1750, see W.R.Sargent, The
Each modelled with a water buffalo standing 67 Copeland Collection: Chinese and Japanese
by a green and blue rock under a pine tree, AN UNUSUAL ENAMELLED EXPORT Ceramic Figures, Salem, Mass., 1991,
the trunks finely enamelled in shades of brown FIGURE OF BUDAI pp.120-121, no.54.
to denote the wood grain, the branch picked 18th century
out in gilt. The tallest 11cm (4 5/8in) high (2). Seated on a simulated woven reed mat, 68
holding a shallow bowl, the robes draped A PAIR OF ENAMELLED TEA BOWLS
£1,000 - 1,500 loosely around the figure, falling open to reveal AND SAUCERS
CNY8,800 - 13,000 the protruding belly. 18th century
HK$9,700 - 15,000 10.8cm (4.1/4in) high. Each saucer decorated with a dragon king
above crashing waves in the sea, with an
66 £500 - 800 animated cloud wisp supporting a pagoda in
A FAMILLE ROSE ‘MANDARIN PATTERN’ CNY4,400 - 7,100 the sky alongside a phoenix, within a border of
PUNCH BOWL HK$4,800 - 7,700 swastika and scrolling foliate panels, the cups
Qianlong similarly decorated. The saucers: 11.5cm (4
Enamelled and gilt to the exterior with two The Property of a Gentleman 1/2in) diam. (4).
large medallions of a court scene against a
dense iron-red and gilt cell pattern, the interior Provenance: A British private collection £1,000 - 1,500
with elaborate decorative borders at the rim CNY8,800 - 13,000
and a central medallion of ladies playing a The present figure closely relates to Meissen HK$9,700 - 15,000
table game in a luxurious garden. 40cm (15 figures of Budai made circa 1713. For a
3/4in) diam. Böttger porcelain example in the Zwinger

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