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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
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TWELVE WOODBLOCK PRINTS SIGNED KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889), JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY (12)
TWELVE WOODBLOCK PRINTS SIGNED KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889), JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY (12)
ESTIMATE € 100 - 200
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THE HUNDRED VIEWS OF MOUNT FUJI BOOK, SIGNED HOKUSAI (1760-1849), JAPAN, EDO PERIOD
THE HUNDRED VIEWS OF MOUNT FUJI BOOK, SIGNED HOKUSAI (1760-1849), JAPAN, EDO PERIOD
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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EIGHT MISCELLANEOUS TRADITIONALLY BOUND NOVEL BOOKS, JAPAN, 18TH-19TH CENTURY (8)
EIGHT MISCELLANEOUS TRADITIONALLY BOUND NOVEL BOOKS, JAPAN, 18TH-19TH CENTURY (8)
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500