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AN IMPRESSIVE RARE PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE-ROSE YELLOW GROUND DRAGON AND PHOENIX BOTTLE VASES, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, MARK AND PERIOD OF GUANGXU (1875-1908) (2)
The slightly compressed bulbous body supported on a short foot rising up to a slender flaring neck, beautifully painted with three ovoid reserves containing a dragon and phoenix confronted on a flaming pearl amidst scrolling clouds with ruyi heads, the surrounding yellow ground painted with bats, shou characters and ribbon-tied ruyi scepters interspersed amidst fruiting peach boughs, all between a border of stylized lappets at the base and lotus scroll interspersed with shou characters at the shoulder, the neck painted with the same scene of bats shou characters and ribbon-tied ruyi scepters interspersed amidst fruiting peach boughs, beneath a ruyi-head and stylized lappet border, the base with a six-character reign mark in iron-red. In very good conditions, only very small firing imperfections and light wear to the gilding decoration and very minor wear on the surface.
67 cm high, 39 cm wide
67 cm high, 39 cm wide
ESTIMATE € 24.000 - 30.000
Provenance: from the private collection of a Milanese lady
LOTS
65
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
67
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
69
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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THIRTEEN WOODBLOCK PRINTS SIGNED ANDO HIROSHIGE (1797-1858), JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY (13)
THIRTEEN WOODBLOCK PRINTS SIGNED ANDO HIROSHIGE (1797-1858), JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY (13)
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500