General Sale - 1st September 2025

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A Group of Two Items: A Vintage Chinese Jingdezhen Porcelain Ginger Jar and Hilkinson Mercury 20x80 Binoculars

Lot 155: A Group of Two Items: A Vintage Chinese Jingdezhen Porcelain Ginger Jar and Hilkinson Mercury 20x80 Binoculars

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Start price: £5

Estimated price: £20 - £50

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A vintage Chinese Jingdezhen porcelain ginger jar with lid, decorated with vibrant polychrome enamel featuring a pheasant-like bird on a branch amidst floral and foliate motifs. The jar has a matching lid with a teal band and a patterned rim. The base is marked in red overglaze with ‘中国景德镇’ (China Jingdezhen), ‘MADE IN CHINA’, and ‘F R =’.

Accompanied by a pair of Hilkinson Mercury 20×80 binoculars. This large, black-textured, center-focus optical instrument bears the inscriptions ‘Hilkinson MERCURY FULLY COATED’ and ’20×80 Field 3.5°’.