Important South African & International Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 12 October 2015
Jewellery, Continental and Oriental Silver, Decorative Arts and Furniture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
About this Item
A Chinese famille-rose bottle vase, Republic Period (1912-1949)
enamelled and painted with a pair of partridges against a white ground, the reverse with inscription, the neck with turquoise scrolling foliage against a pink ground, pseudo Qianlong iron-red four-character mark, 10,5cm high
Notes
The inscription reads 'Da di feng huang hao niao yu bing hua xiang' which translates as 'Great landscape inhabited by chirping birds and fragrant flowers'.
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