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A RARE PAIR OF A LARGE FAMILLE VERT AND BLUE-GROUND PORCELAIN SQUARE VASES, CHINA, 19TH CENTURY (2)
Each with four tapering sides with twin fixed Buddhistic lion head handles, decorated with a military scenes of combats on one side and painted in colored enamels with scenes of military and dignitaries and assistants at leisure within one tall pavilion on the opposite side, below a figural scene on the neck, all in a Famille Verte palette reserved on an blue-sapphire ground with a lotus scrolls motif bellow flying bats on white enamel, with a recessed square base. In good conditions, minor firing imperfection and a very small piece of 2 cm restored on the rim, minor wear on enamels and gilt, and very minor glaze flakes on blue enamels.
56,3 cm high, 22 cm wide
56,3 cm high, 22 cm wide
ESTIMATE € 3.500 - 6.000
Provenance: from the private collection of a Lady in south of Italy, and thence descendants
LOTS
86*§ | premium
A FINE LARGE SQUIRRELS AND GRAPES POSSIBLY RHINOCEROS HORN CUP, CHINA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
A FINE LARGE SQUIRRELS AND GRAPES POSSIBLY RHINOCEROS HORN CUP, CHINA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
ESTIMATE € 12.000 - 16.000
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A COURT BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK DRAGON ROBE, CHI-FU, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
A COURT BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK DRAGON ROBE, CHI-FU, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
ESTIMATE € 1.500 - 2.000