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           PROPERTY FROM THE HOBART COLLECTION                PROPERTY FROM THE HOBART COLLECTION
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           TWO FAMILLE VERTE RECLINING FIGURES                A FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT GLAZED ‘FLORAL’ BOWL
           Kangxi                                             Kangxi
           The first modeled as a sleeping immortal Zhongli Quan reclining   Potted with wide flaring sides, supported on a neatly-trimmed foot
           against a giant peach, open at the top to form a receptacle; the   ring, the well incised with a lingzhi sprig, the exterior with three
           second modeled as a bearded official Li Taibo lying on his side, arms   blossoming shrubs, the floral decoration accented with aubergine,
           wrapped around a wine jar.                         yellow and white enamels, all reserved against the green ground, the
           The larger 7 1/8in (18.2cm) long (2).              foot marked in underglaze blue with a square mark within a double-
                                                              circle beneath a clear glaze.
           $3,000 - 5,000                                     8in (20.3cm) diam.

           清康熙 五彩醉臥仙士像兩件                                      $7,000 - 10,000

           Provenance:                                        清康熙 素三彩花卉紋盌
           Virginia Hobart (1876-1958), and thence by descent
                                                              Provenance:
                                                              Virginia Hobart (1876-1958), and thence by descent


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