Pair of Chinese porcelain famille verte large two handled fish bowls, painted on both sides with branches of flowering peony amongst daisies, with chrysanthemum sprays beneath the biscuit lion mask handles, all between iron-red bands of stylised leaves and chrysanthemum flower heads, the waist with reserves of flowers on a geometric iron-red and gilt ground with chrysanthemum flower heads, each interior painted with forty-one carp, two shrimp and two crabs amongst aquatic plants, all beneath the flat everted lipped rim, painted with reserves of fish alternating with shrimp on a geometric cash diaper ground with chrysanthemum flower heads and scrolls on the rim.
The rim 23 inches, 58.5 cm diameter.
35 inches, 89 cm overall height on stands.
15 3/4 inches, 40 cm high without stands.
Kangxi, circa 1715, together with later European gilt wood stands.
21. M5324
£3,800
素三彩五峰山形筆擱
長4 3/4 英寸,12.1 公分。
清康熙。
M5541
£38,500
五彩龙纹执壶及盖
顺治/康熙 约1650-1670年
高:28厘米
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With 1000 illustrations
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Edited by Rose Kerr
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The centenary exhibition catalogue
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