Sale 2433
Amsterdam
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19 October 1999
Price realised
NLG 1,989
Estimate
Two pairs and one blue and white dish The two pairs Kangxi, the single dish Qianlong One pair decorated with a scene of a man holding out his hand to help a lady across a bridge, the moulded sides with petal panels enclosing flower stems on various diaper- and scale-pattern grounds, 27.6 cm. diam.; a pair of dishes painted with a large stylised flower-head enriched with flowering branches on a trellis diaper-pattern ground, 28 cm. diam.; and a dish painted with peony, bamboo and daisies, 28.2 cm. diam. (cracks and small chips) (5)
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