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497. A Chinese blue and white kraak ewer and cover, Wanli 1573-1620, with an over-head handle, painted with panels containing floral blooms and auspicious objects, the spout mounted with silver- coloured metal, the cover associated, 20cm. (2) £800-1,200


498. A Chinese blue and white jardinière, Kangxi 1662-1722, painted with a continuous stylized design of chrysanthemum, peony and lotus between borders of ruyi-heads and lappets, 24.3cm. £300-500


499. A Chinese blue and white kraak saucer, c.1600, the well painted with a gourd, a scroll and an artemesia leaf, the rim with roundels containing auspicious objects, 14.1cm. £200-300


500. A Chinese blue and white kraak dish, c.1600, painted with a central roundel containing a jardinière of peony and chrysanthemum, with a further band of panels containing fruit and auspicious objects to the rim, 36.8cm. £1,000-2,000


501. A pair of Chinese blue and white Ming-style vases, c.1900, formed as gourds, painted with scrolling lotus roundels between borders of geometric designs, 45.8cm. (2) £200-400


502. A Chinese blue and white bowl, six character Kangxi mark and of the period 1662-1722, the body flared at the rim, painted with two panels containing a maiden and attendants in a pavilion and equestrian riders, separated by columns of calligraphy, the interior painted with a roundel containing boys to the well, four foliate panels on a diaper ground to the rim, 21.2cm. £1,000-1,500


503. A Japanese blue and white flask, 17th/18th century, painted with large flower blooms and figures beneath trees, the shoulder with a floral design, mounted with a silver-coloured screw cap, 13.6cm. (2) £800-1,200


504. A Chinese blue and white ovoid vase, Kangxi 1662-1722, painted with many figures in a fenced garden, with plantain and clouds, together with a hardwood stand, 22cm. (2) £800-1,200


505. A Chinese blue and white dish, mid-17th century, raised on a short foot, painted with lotus, prunus and peony, the base with a four character mark which reads yu tang jia qi (jade hall, precious object), 21cm.


£300-500


Cf. M Wilson, Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics, p.56, where the same mark is illustrated on an ink palette dated to the Wanli period.


506. A Chinese blue and white ovoid vase, late 18th century, decorated with figures in a mountainous, pagoda landscape, a later wood stand and cover, 21cm. (3) £150-250


507. Two Chinese blue and white vases, 19th century, one painted with panels containing vases and auspicious objects on a scrolling lotus ground, the other with a continuous prunus blossom design on a cracked-ice ground, both with wood stands, the taller with a reticulated cover, 26.5cm. (5) £200-300


508. A Chinese blue and white bowl, 17th century, painted with roundels containing boys holding large lotus leaves, the exterior with loosely incised lotus, the base with a six character Chenghua mark, 18.9cm. £400-600


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