Sale 7431
London
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6 November 2007
Price realised
GBP 7,500
Estimate
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE TWO-HANDLED VASE KANGXI (1662-1722) The body of cylindrical form with moulded diagonally-swirling panels painted with crustacea and shells amongst aquatic plants, all between raised petal-shaped floral lappets around the foot and at the shoulder, the cylindrical neck painted with similar crustacea and plants and applied at either side with a leaping carp forming the handles 9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high
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