Sale 2648
Amsterdam
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19 May 2004
Price realised
EUR 1,314
Estimate
TWO MING BLUE AND WHITE 'FLORETTE AND INSECT' BOWLS CIRCA 1560 Each with steep rounded sides rising from a high tapering foot, the interior painted with insects alternating with small flowers around a peony flower in the centre, the exterior with four peony roundels above a petal border around the base, the base with a four-character seal mark within a square, Fu Gui Jia Qi, Beautiful Vessel for the Rich and Honourable 12.5 and 11 cm. diam. (2)
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