Lot 346 , A Chinese blue and white huqqa base and a similar opium pipe base, Kangxi period, 12cm., rim chips

A Chinese blue and white huqqa base and a similar opium pipe base, Kangxi period, the globular huqqa base painted with the seven sages of the bamboo grove with two attendants in a landscape, blurry dot, trellis and lappet borders, artemisia leaf mark to base, neck cut down, 16cm., the baluster shaped opium pipe base painted with boats, a fisherman and a house in a mountainous river landscape scene, 12cm., rim chips
Estimate £200-300

The globular huqqa base has a reduced neck and a slight line of scratching to the glaze crossing the figures legs, other occasional minor scratches to the glaze otherwise good.
The baluster shaped opium pipe base is missing the mounts to the top and has three under rim chips measuring 3cm, 2cm and 0.6cm, occasional minor scratching to the glaze and occasional minor glaze imperfections otherwise good.


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Sold for £1,100