Chinese Kangxi famille-verte porcelain

Pair of Chinese famille verte hexagonal caddies, K Ref: J387
Pair of Chinese famille verte hexagonal caddies, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with alternate panels of long eliza against a fence, a vase on a stand and a stem of flowers issuing from rockwork, with scrolling tendrils and flowers to the shoulder, with silver lids, height: 7in., 17.8cm; Condition: one with restored haircrack and chips to rim and one foot, the other with restored chips and break to neck

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Price: £3,500.00

Chinese famille-verte biscuit group of Ho Ho Erxia Ref: N152
Chinese famille-verte biscuit group of Ho Ho Erxian, Kangxi (1662-1722); height: 14cm. 5 1/2in. condition: some restoration

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Price: £1,300.00

Large Chinese verte-imari bowl, early 18th century Ref: P719
Large Chinese verte-imari bowl, early 18th century, the exterior painted with scrollings bouquets of chrysanthemums below a band of underglaze blue daiper-pattern with iron-red flower-head reserves, the interior with a roundel containing peonies and a similar rim band, diameter: 14 in. Condition: rim chips restored and very faint star to base

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Price: £2,000.00

Chinese famille-verte rouleau vase Kangxi (1662-17 Ref: Q796
Chinese famille-verte rouleau vase Kangxi (1662-1722), the body decorated with panels of auspicous objects and landscapes; height: 17 in. condition: repair to rim and hair-crack to body

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Price: £12,000.00

Pair of Chinese famille-verte hexagonal salts Kang Ref: Q866
Pair of Chinese famille-verte hexagonal salts Kangxi(1662-1722), of waisted form, decorated with scholars objects and floral sprays; diameter: 9.5 cm.; height:5.5 cm. condition: filled rim chips

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Price: £4,500.00

Chinese famille verte teapot and a cover, Kangxi ( Ref: Q971
Chinese famille verte teapot and a cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with flowering plants, height: 4 3/4in. 12cm. Conditon: restored handle, rim chips, chip to spout and frits and rim chips to cover and knop remodelled

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Price: £1,200.00

Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), d Ref: R19
Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with domestic artefacts and other objects, diameter: 6 1/4in., 16cm.condition: crack to rim

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Price: £550.00

Chinese famille verte dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), de Ref: R611
Chinese famille verte dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with two birds one perched on a branch, within decorative border, diameter: 35.5cm. 14in. Condition: hairline

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Price: £1,850.00

Chinese famille verte ribbed wine pot and cover, K Ref: R927
Chinese famille verte ribbed wine pot and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with scholar's objects vases and jardineres on stands, wear to knop, height: 8 1/4in. 21cm. condition: sealed crack to neck of spout, some tiny glaze flakes neatly restored, tiny crack to base of handle

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Price: £5,000.00

Chinese famille verte wine pot and cover, Kangxi ( Ref: R932
Chinese famille verte wine pot and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with jardinieres with panels of scrolling flowers, handle in the form of a bamboo handle, height: 7 1/2in. 19cm. Condition: neatly restored handle, frits and filled rivet holes, finial of cover and rim of cover

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Price: £1,900.00

Chinese famille verte moulded dish, Kangxi (1662-1 Ref: V9
Chinese famille verte moulded dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with a dignitary seated on a terrace with attendants before a screen, the cavetto with landscape panels of a spotted green ground, reverse with artemeseia leaf, diameter: 10 13/16in. 27.5cm.condition: broken in half and neatly restored

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Chinese famille verte model of a boy, Kangxi (1662 Ref: V10
Chinese famille verte model of a boy, Kangxi (1662-1722), standing holding a vase of lotus blossoms on a rectangular base, height: 10 5/8in. 27cm. Condition:neatly restored break to neck

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Price: £1,300.00

Chinese famille verte teapot, Kangxi (1662-1722), Ref: V76
Chinese famille verte teapot, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with flower branches issuing from rockwork, height: 4 5/16in. 11cm. Condition: restoration to the spout and chips

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Price: £1,250.00

Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), d Ref: V375
Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with a bird on a willow tree with flowers and blossom, diameter: 12in. 30.5cm. Condition: chip to rim

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Price: £2,800.00

Chinese famille verte powder blue bowl, Kangxi (16 Ref: V407
Chinese famille verte powder blue bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated on the interior with sprays of flowers, and on the exterior with roundels and fan-shaped panels against a powder blue background, diameter: 7 3/4in. 19.7cm. Condition: chip to rim

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Price: £1,200.00

Chinese famille verte dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), de Ref: V508
Chinese famille verte dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated in the centre with a tree peony, surrounded by cherry blossom, lotus flowers and chrysanthemums, artemisia leaf within double underglaze blue circle on the base surrounded by a double footrim, diameter:13 1/2in. 34.3cm. condition: 6cm. hairline from rim, some rim frits

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Miniature Chinese famille verte vase, Kangxi (1662 Ref: V519
Miniature Chinese famille verte vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with flowers, condition: old restoration to rim

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Price: £450.00

Chinese famille verte bowl, Kangxi (1662-1772), de Ref: V601
Chinese famille verte bowl, Kangxi (1662-1772), decorated on the exterior with a seated warrior, with his sword bearer behind him and two soldiers standing with swords, talking to a kneeling man and woman, the inside decorated with a scholar seated on a carpet, diameter: 7 1/2in. 19cm. condition: neatly restored hair crack and chip

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Price: £2,200.00

Pair of famille verte , Kangxi (1662-1722), decora Ref: V603
Pair of famille verte , Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with two panels containing flowers issuing from rockwork beneath a ruyi border surmounted by lappets, height: 8in. 20.3cm. Condition: both with neatly restored areas to rim

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Price: £2,800.00

Chinese famille verte fluted dish, Kangxi (1662-17 Ref: V613
Chinese famille verte fluted dish, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated in the centre with a phoenix and mythical beast in a fenced garden , the panelled border with animals and flowers, diameter: 9 5/8in. 24.5cm.

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Price: £6,000.00

Chinese famille verte bowl, Kangxi (1662-1772) Ref: V632
Chinese famille verte bowl, Kangxi (1662-1772)

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Price: £1,800.00

Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), d Ref: V647
Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with a bird on a branch of cherry blossom, diameter: 10 5/8in. 27cm.

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Chinese famille verte wine ewer and cover, Kangxi Ref: V684
Chinese famille verte wine ewer and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with two ogee-shaped panels containing stylised flowers against a background of flower heads, the spout and handle decorated with scrolling flowers, the cover with flowers and fruit, height: 8 in. , 23 cm. condition: portion of spout remodelled

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Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), Ref: V718
Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722),

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Price: £750.00

Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), Ref: V719
Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722),

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Price: £750.00

Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), Ref: V720
Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722),

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Price: £750.00

Chinese famille verte bowl and cover, Kangxi (1662 Ref: V721
Chinese famille verte bowl and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with four panels containing flowers of the four seasons including cherry blossom, lotus, chrysanthemums and peonies against a ground of trellis diaper, with a border of floral scrolls with panels in reserve. the domed lid with similar decoration with a finial in the shape of a lotus bud, diameter: 7 1/2in. 19cm. condition: neatly restored break to bowl and handle and two rim chips to cover well restored. For a similar bowl and cover see the Victoria and Albert Museum - Salting Bequest

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Ch.f.verte hors d'oeuvre dish, diameter: approx. 9 Ref: V722
Ch.f.verte hors d'oeuvre dish, diameter: approx. 9 1/2in., 24.2cm

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Chinese famille verte biscuit figure of Guandi,the Ref: V742
Chinese famille verte biscuit figure of Guandi,the God of War, Kangxi (1662-1722),seated wearing elaborate armour and a cape draped over his left shoulder decorated with dragons chasing the flaming pearl, the face and hands undecorated, height: condition: neatly restored break to neck, some fingers and portion of beard and hair neatly remodelled

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Chinese famille verte biscuit figure of Guandi,the Ref: V743
Chinese famille verte biscuit figure of Guandi,the God of War, Kangxi (1662-1722),seated wearing elaborate armour and a cape draped over his left shoulder decorated with dragons chasing the flaming pearl, the face and hands undecorated, height: condition:

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A 'famille-verte' dish, Kangxi, With a decoration Ref: V771
A 'famille-verte' dish, Kangxi, With a decoration of two pheasants and flowers by a rock. Marked: Lo., Diam. 34 cm

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Price: £3,500.00

Chinese famille-verte charger, Kangxi (1668-1722), Ref: V792
Chinese famille-verte charger, Kangxi (1668-1722), decorated with two ladies and two gentlemen in a garden, diameter: 15 1/8 in. 38.4 cm.

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Chinese famille verte bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), de Ref: V805
Large Chinese famille verte moulded bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), finely painted and decorated on the exterior with lotus-shaped alternate panels of a lady in a fenced garden and floral blossom including cherry, peony and magnolia issuing from rockwork all beneath stylised flower heads, the inner foliate rim with butterflies and blossom sprays above stylised flower heads, the centre of the bowl with a cherry tree and butterfly, diameter: 13in. 33cm. height: 6 3/4in. 17.2cm. condition: 3 small rim chips one with an associated 1 cm. haircrack neatly restored

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Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), d Ref: V816
Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with, diameter: 13 1/2 34.2cm.

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Price: £3,500.00

Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722) Ref: V817
Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722)

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Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722) Ref: V818
Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722)

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Near pair of Chinese famille-verte ovoid jars, Kan Ref: JB32
Near pair of Chinese famille-verte ovoid jars, Kangxi (1662-1722) decorated with panels of flowering plants and rockwork, all below iron-red jui style lappets filled with scrolls; height: 6 7/8in., 17.5cm; condition: one has had a drilled hole in the base filled

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Price: £2,400.00

Pair of Chinese famille verte dishes, Kangxi (1662 Ref: TL52
Pair of Chinese famille verte dishes, Kangxi (1662-1722) with piecrust border, decorated with exotic birds in flowering branches, the cavetto with precious objects panelled on a green ground, diameter: 25cm. Condition:minute chips to underside of rim on one dish

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Price: £1,800.00

Chinese famille verte dish, Kangxi (1662-1722) wit Ref: TL56
Chinese famille verte dish, Kangxi (1662-1722) with piecrust border, decorated with a lady and an attendant in a garden with a table of lowers beneath a tree, the cavetto with precious objects panelled on a green ground, diameter 23.5cm. .

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Price: £1,050.00

Chinese famille verte teapot, Kangxi (1662-1722), Ref: TL126
Chinese famille verte teapot, Kangxi (1662-1722), with vertical moulded panels of alternating colours, copper-red, green and white panels each decorated with flower heads, with upright bamboo style handle, on four short bracket feet, the later cover similarly decorated with a bud finial, height: 7 1/16in. 18cm.

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Price: £5,500.00

Fine bright Chinese famille verte charger, Kangxi Ref: TL138
Fine bright Chinese famille verte charger, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with a basket of flowers encircled by a band of cartouches of different shapes, the shaped rim with a trellis and cell-pattern border with shaped cartouches containing fruit, the reverse with floral sprigs and an underglaze blue leaf mark within a double circle, diameter: 15in. 38.1cm.

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Chinese famille verte octagonal vase, Kangxi (1662 Ref: TL145
Chinese famille verte octagonal vase, Kangxi (1662-1722) decorated with panels of flowers, landscape scene and narrow panels of squirrel and vine, height: 21 3/16in. 53.7cm. Condition: break to rim neatly restored and haircrack sealed, some touch up to blue enamel

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Price: £35,000.00

Chinese famille verte moulded plate, Kangxi (1662- Ref: TL146
Chinese famille verte moulded plate, Kangxi (1662-1722) decorated in the centre with peonies, chrysanthemums, magnolia blossom branches issuing from rockwork, diameter: 13 5/8in. 34.5cm. Condition: small chips to rim

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Price: £4,800.00

Pair of Chinese famille verte dishes, Kangxi (1662 Ref: TL164
Pair of Chinese famille verte dishes, Kangxi (1662-1722), six character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue in double circle and of the period,decorated with a phoenix on rockwork, the border decorated with eight panels containing , diameter: 13in. 33cm. Condition: one with neatly restored star crack to base,the other with neatly restored rim frits and a chip with associated hairline

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Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), d Ref: TL165
Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with a phoenix in flight above peonies on which rests a grass hopper, the stippled border with half flowerheads with four shaped cartouches containing alternating fish and crayfish

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Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), d Ref: TL166
Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with a phoenix in flight above peonies on which rests a grass hopper, the stippled border with half flowerheads with four shaped cartouches containing alternating fish and crayfish

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Chinese famille verte plate with foliate rim, Kang Ref: TL167
Chinese famille verte plate with foliate rim, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with a seated official beside a standing soldier addressing a man holding a banner, the border with leiwen with four shaped cartouches containing two horses separated by a roundel with a cherry blossom, the inner border divided into 8 panels containing sprays of flowers , diameter: 11 3/8in. 29cm. condition: two small chips to rim and v. slight fritting

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Price: £4,000.00

Chinese famille verte plate with foliate rim, Kang Ref: TL168
Chinese famille verte plate with foliate rim, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with two ladies in an interior, one holding a wrapped scroll, the other reading a letter with a servant inbetween,the border with leiwen with four shaped cartouches containing two horses separated by a roundel with a cherry blossom, the inner border divided into 8 panels containing sprays of various flowers including lotus blossom , diameter: 11 3/8in. 29cm. condition shallow chip to rim, hairline, and very minor fritting to rim

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Price: £2,500.00

Pair of Chinese famille verte cafe au lait bowls, Ref: TL169
Pair of Chinese famille verte cafe au lait bowls, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated on the inside with central panel containing vase of flowers and scholar's objects surrounded by four alternating panels containing a mythical beast and flowers issuing from rockwork, diameter: 6 1/8in. 15.5cm.

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Price: £3,800.00

Chinese famille verte tankard, Kangxi (1662-1722), Ref: TL195
Chinese famille verte tankard, Kangxi (1662-1722), of a European silver form, decorated with scrolling flowers, height: 5 1/2in. 14cm. Condition: neatly restored haircrack to base

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Magnificent Chinese famille verte baluster jar and Ref: TL200
Magnificent Chinese famille verte baluster jar and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with panels containing flowers, kylins, birds on rockwork, landscape scenes, height: 26in. 66cm. Condition: consolidated hairline on the neck and base, restoration to the cover including the finial

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Pair of Chinese small stem cups, Kangxi (1662-1722 Ref: TL337
Pair of Chinese small stem cups, Kangxi (1662-1722) decorated to both the interior and exterior in the 'egg and spinach' pattern in yellow, green and aubergine, height: 4cm, condition: There are restored hairlines to both cups. One stem cup also has a restored area to the base of approximately 1 cm.

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Pair of Chinese famille verte teabowls and saucers Ref: TL340
Pair of Chinese famille verte teabowls and saucers, Kangxi (1662-1722) with moulded bands of lappet panels and decorated with panels of flowers and fishes. Diameter of saucer: 15 cm, diameter of bowl: 10 cm Condition: Both saucers have restored rim chips and frits. One tea bowl has a restored chip. The enamels are bright and show no sign of rubbing with the exception of some surface scratches.

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Pair of Chinese famille-verte ribbed tea bowls and Ref: TL365
Pair of Chinese famille-verte ribbed tea bowls and saucers, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with flying phoenix and mythical beasts amongst foliage and with four alternating panels to the rim. Diameter of saucer: 16 cm, diameter of bowl: 11 cm, condition: There is a small area of restoration to the rim of one saucer of approximately 1 cm in length. The other saucer with small frits. Both saucers have small chips to the foot rim. One bowl has a restored area of fritting to the rim and the other has surface scratches to the inside.

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Pair of large Chinese famille-verte chargers, Kang Ref: TL367
Pair of large Chinese famille-verte chargers, Kangxi (1662-1722), with flat everted rims and foliate edges. Each is decorated with bright enamels, with a central medallion enclosing a qilin and phoenix in a flower filled landscape beneath clouds and a full moon. The well is moulded into eight shaped panels enclosing mythical beats and flowers - including Buddhist lion, qilin, phoenix and crane. The broad and flaring rim, with six oval panels, encloses butterflies reserved on a cash-diaper ground. The underside with artemesia leaf within a double ring. Provenance: Shrubland Hall
The combination of two mythical animals, the kylin and the phoenix, was a popular auspicious motif. It was copied on European ceramics up until the end of the 17th century, especially on Delft polychrome wares. However the Delft versions are usually more lavishly decorated and much glossier than the Chinese original. The fact that the decoration did not run during firing was a technical feat.
Diameter: 37cm, condition: One charger with a hairline crack to the underside of approximately 7 cm and originating from the rim. The foot rim has a number of small chips of approximately 2-3 mm in length. There is fritting to the rim and a small glaze fault of approximately 0.5 cm in diameter to the left of the kylin. The enamels show no sign of rubbing and are bright and illuminescent. The other charger has a restored piece to the rim and chips to the foot rim. As with the other charger the enamels show no sign of rubbing and are bright and illuminescent.

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Chinese famille-verte wine pot and cover, Kangxi ( Ref: TL369
Chinese famille-verte wine pot and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), of rectangular shape and decorated with birds on cherry blossom branches and with the handle in the form of bamboo. The cover is divided into four compartments each of which is decorated with lotus blossom and leaves. Height: 18 cm, condition: The enamels are in good condition with the exception of a little rubbing to the gilt on the spout. The cover has a number of rim frits and the blue enamel to the knop is worn.

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Chinese famille-verte bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), of Ref: TL370
Chinese famille-verte bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), of rounded, circular form and supported on a short circular foot. Decorated with various works of art, including humorous additions such as a small boy bearing a vase, a bent-over immortal supporting a fruit branch, a smiling immortal on a deer and a large grinning lion. The interior is decorated in the centre with a lozenge-form panel containing a further group of objects.
The bowl has a rare decoration in that it represents what appears to be a series of porcelain figures. While utilitarian porcelains are often depicted in Chinese painting, figural subjects are not. A plate with a similar decoration is published in Sargent 1991. It includes nearly identical figures of a boy holding a lotus stem and a figure of a duck, both probably depictions of porcelain originals. Diameter: 21cm Height 10 cm, condition: There are two areas of v-shaped restoration to the rim - one is approximately 4 cm in length at its widest point and the other 1.5 cm in length. Small rim frits have been restored. The enamels both inside and outside of the bowl show no sign of rubbing.

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Pair of large Chinese famille-verte chargers, Kang Ref: TL373
Pair of large Chinese famille-verte chargers, Kangxi (1662-1722), each is vigorously decorated in the centre with a scene of a phoenix swooping downwards towards a galloping kylin - in a garden setting with banana and wutong trees. The well is decorated with floral vignettes on an iron-red ground. The kylin is a combination of various different animals and has many outstanding qualities attributed to it. It has a very gentle nature, harming no living creature, nor destroying any living plants. It is sometimes referred to as ' The Benevolent Beast'. Diameter: 38 cm, condition: One charger with rim fritting and chips to the foot rim. There is also a small chip of approximately 1 cm in length on the rim along with a small firing fault of approximately 1 cm in diameter below the kylin. There are also two areas where the iron-red enamel has run across the cavetto during firing. The other charger has both rim frits and chips to the foot rim.

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Pair of large Chinese famille-verte ginger jars an Ref: TL375
Pair of large Chinese famille-verte ginger jars and covers, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with four blue-edged panels of auspicious antiques alternating with birds in cherry blossom branches, all on a cell-diaper ground between flower-head borders. The covers also decorated with jardinieres and auspicious objects. Height: 28 cm, condition: One jar with a repaired chip to both the rim and foot rim along with a restored cover. The other jar and cover are perfect.

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Chinese famille-verte gu-shaped vase, Kangxi (1662 Ref: TL376
Chinese famille-verte gu-shaped vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), composed of three sections, rising from a flared, slightly tapering base to a more rounded mid-section and again to a wide open mouth. The decoration varies within each section of the vase. On the lower section are painted a number of objects from the 'Hundred Antiquities', whilst the mid-section displays a nobleman with a number of attendants.The neck is decorated with maidens within a pavilion. The shape of the vessel is based on an archaic bronze vessel known as the Gu, which was originally used to offer sacrificial wine to one's ancestors during the Shang and Western Zhou periods. Height: 46 cm, condition: Small drilled hole the underside of the base has been well restored along with a small area to the rim of approximately 4 cm. With bright enamels that show no areas of rubbing.

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Chinese famille-verte shallow plate, Kangxi (1662- Ref: TL377
Chinese famille-verte shallow plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated to the centre with the 'Three Friends of Winter' and surrounded by various diaper patterns divided by four cartouches containing birds amongst foliage. Gold is used sparingly to enhance the details of the cherry blossom. The 'Three Friends of Winter', also known as Suihan Sanyou, are the pine, bamboo and plum. Culturally regarded in this context as they flourish together during the same season. The three are first recorded as appearing together in a ninth century poem by the Tang poet Zhu Qingyu. The pine and plum-blossom add their fragrance to the cold air and are therefore valued as bringers of distinction to adverse conditions. This is further emphasised by the evergreen qualities of both and the early flowering of the plum whilst snow is still on the ground, making them symbols of perseverance and integrity. Diameter: 26 cm, condition: Small area of restoration to the rim of approximately 0.5 cm accompanied by some fritting. Bright enamels with little or no rubbing.

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Chinese famille-verte gu-shaped vase, Kangxi (1662 Ref: TL378
Chinese famille-verte gu-shaped vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), composed of three sections, rising from a flared, slightly tapering base to a more rounded mid-section and again to a wide open mouth. The decoration is in the form of four rows of framed windows which are filled with scenes of flowers, birds, mythical animals and landscapes. On the lower section are peach-shaped and rectangular panels with scenes of budding flowers and rocks. The mid section contains alternating roundels of mythical beasts and butterfly amongst flowers.The neck displays a tiger, qilin and butterflies in a landscape setting within rectangular windows. ' Cracked-ice' and diaper cell bands in green and underglaze red encircle the rim and upper middle section and key fret bands the lower. The shape of the vase is based on the archaic bronze vessel known as the Gu, which was originally used to offer sacrificial wine to one's ancestors during the early Shang and Western Zhou periods. Height: 49 cm, condition: With some restoration to the underside of the base and a visible chip to the inside of the foot rim. An area of the rim has also been restored. The enamels are bright with no signs of rubbing.

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Chinese famille-verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), d Ref: TL379
Chinese famille-verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with a landscape scene of rocky formation with dwellings against the river - all surrounded by a diaper border with cartouches containing auspicious objects, diameter: 21 cm, condition: With restored rim frits and accompanying restoration to a small area of the rim of approximately 4 cm. A number of small chips to the foot rim.

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Chinese famille-verte figure of a buddhistic lion, Ref: TL381
Chinese famille-verte figure of a buddhistic lion, Kangxi (1662-1722), seated on her hind quarters with her head turned sideways towards a small cub climbing up the front of her leg - the depiction is of a female lion. The mouth is wide open to reveal the fangs and a tongue and her mane is in tight curls. The protruding forehead is adorned with the character wang, meaning male or king. The animal is seated on a high square, hollow base with a pierced scalloped cartouche on each side. Figures of Buddhistic lions are usually found in pairs, with the male depicted with his front paw resting on a brocade ball and the female, as here, with her cub clambering up her chest. The wang character painted on the lions' forehead means king and they are known as defenders of law and protectors of sacred buildings.
Buddhistic lions are a classic theme in Chinese art. Although the lion is not indigenous to China, it was introduced through Indian Buddhism. From Ming times, the Buddhistic lion appears in Chinese art and was also placed as the guard of Buddhistic temples. This placement relates to the lamaistic concept that Buddha, upon entering his temple, ordered the two lions which accompanied him to seat themselves and await his return in motionless obedience. There is also a connotation of bravery associated with the lions for under Ming and Qing rule, the lion represented the badge of the first military rank. Buddhistic lions are often referred to as Dogs of Fo or Dogs of Buddha. Height: 35 cm, condition: With restoration to the right hand rear corner of the base and two further restored chips to the base. There is also a fire crack of approximately 0.5 cm on the front left hand corner of the base. A number of the curls on the mane of the lioness have been repaired as well as a chip to the tongue. The cub has had a chip to the left ear and tail restored. The enamels are good and show little or no sign of wear.

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Large Chinese famille-verte baluster jar and cover Ref: TL383
Large Chinese famille-verte baluster jar and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with four alternate upright panels of a scholar in a river terrace divided by clusters of archaistic vases of feather and coral.
For similar examples see both the Dresden Palace Collection and the Victoria & Albert Museum, Height: 36 cm, condition: The cover has been broken into several pieces but well restored. The enamels do not show any visible signs of rubbing and are bright and luminescent. In some areas glaze chips to the blue enamels have been restored.

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