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Lot 28 A Chinese blue and white brush pot, Kangxi (1662-1722), of cylindrical form, painted with an emperor meeting officials in a courtyard, 19.5cm diameter 17.8cm high £1,000 - 1,500 清康熙 青花人物故事图笔筒

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Lot 29 A Chinese blue and white brush pot, Kangxi (1662-1722), of cylindrical form, the exterior finely inscribed with the text of the Shengzhu de Xianchen Song (Ode to the Finding of Virtuous Officials by the Divine Ruler) in kaishu script, finished with a seal mark reading Xi Chao Chuan Gu (Transmitting Antiquity from the Court of Kangxi), the base centred with a recessed circle enclosing a six-character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue, 18.2cm diameter 14.5cm high £2,000 - 3,000 The text Shengzhu de Xianchen Song was written by the Western Han poet Wang Bao (90-51 BC) for the Xuan Emperor (91-48 BC), in praise of the Emperor’s attainment of able ministers. For a similar lot, see Sotheby’s, London, 15 May 2007, lot 52; for examples with the same inscription, see Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 2 October 2018, lot 141 and Christie’s, London, 5 Nov 2019, lot 188.

清康熙 青花圣主得贤臣颂文笔筒 《大清康熙年制》青花楷书款 《熙朝传古》青花篆书章 Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing.

Lot 30 A Chinese blue and white jar, early Qing dynasty, of ovoid form, painted with a rabbit by lingzhi and rocks under the moon in a roundel, the reverse with birds and flowers, 26cm high £1,000 - 1,500 清早期 青花花鸟图罐

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Lot 31 A Chinese blue and white bowl, Xuantong (1908-1911), the rounded sides rising from a circular foot, painted with pine, prunus and bamboo, six-character Xuantong mark to base, 13.3cm diameter £200 - 300 清宣统 青花岁寒三友图碗 《大清宣统年制》青花楷书款

Lot 32 A Chinese blue and white soft-paste bowl, mid-Qing dynasty, of tapering form on a circular foot, painted with sprigs of flowers against a crackled ground, 14.4cm diameter £200 - 300 清中期 浆胎青花折枝花卉纹碗 32

Lot 33 A Chinese export blue and white jar and cover, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), the rounded sides painted with three theatrical figures, the shoulder with scrolling lotus in ruyi-shaped panels with suspended tassels, four-character Qianlong mark to base, the cover similarly decorated with a shou roundel, jar 24cm high overall 28cm high (2) £200 - 300 清 青花人物故事图盖罐 《乾隆年制》青花楷书款 30