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PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF ERICH A.
HEINRICHS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
2229
A MIRROR-BLACK STICK NECK VASE WITH GILT DECORATION 2234
Late Qing dynasty A LARGE RED GLAZED BALUSTER VASE
The tall, slender neck rising from a body of compressed globular form 19th century
raised on a tall foot, the exterior walls covered with a dark black wash Of standard form comprised of a trumpet neck atop an ovoid body
and colorless glaze, then painted in gilt with jeweled bands above of inverted pear shape tapering to a waisted base and raised upon a
birds on the branches of a wutong tree spreading above pairs of set-in foot encircling the clear glazed recessed underside; the exterior
cranes and phoenix standing amid flower lotus and peony plants, the surfaces covered in a thick viscous bright red glaze pooling slightly
colorless glaze coating the interior and the recessed base within the unevenly around the slightly rough foot rim.
foot ring (wear to gilt, chips to foot ring). 22 1/2in (57.2cm) high
15 7/8in (40.3cm) high $2,500 - 3,500
$1,000 - 1,500
PROPERTY FROM THE EMMANUEL GRAN FAMILY COLLECTION
2230 NO LOT
2235
2231 A GROUP OF CERAMIC CONTAINERS
A GILT AND POWDER BLUE BALUSTER VASE 18th century and later
19th century Including a Dehua glazed libation cup of rhinoceros horn shape; the
Of standard section formed of a waisted neck above an ovoid body second a pale blue glazed square brush pot with underglaze blue
tapering towards a flared foot raised upon a set-in foot ring, the and copper red calligraphy, the base bearing a six-character Qianlong
exterior surfaces displaying elaborate gilt vine and lotus patterns over mark in underglaze blue seal script (chip); the third a cylindrical tea
the dark speckled cobalt ground. caddy with underglaze blue inscription, the base marked jin tang fu
15 1/4in (39cm) high ji (lacking cover); the fourth a green glazed pottery square brush pot
$1,000 - 1,500 with incised calligraphy and flowers (chipped); and a small famille rose
enameled libation cup of square section painted with depictions of the
2232 Eight Immortals (wear). [5]
A DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN 6 1/4in (16cm) height of tea caddy
19th/early 20th century $1,000 - 1,500
Seated lalitasana on an elaborate rock-work plinth set over crashing
waves and emerging lotus pads, her fish basket resting below her PROPERTY FROM THE XANADU GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO,
exposed left foot, her right hand resting on a book and left hand CALIFORNIA
holding a tablet as she gazes demurely downward, a tripod censer
resting on a plinth to her left. 2236
11 5/8in (29.6cm) high A GROUP OF TEN CERAMIC WATER DROPPERS AND
$2,500 - 4,000 WATER COUPES
14th century and later
2233 The five monochrome glazed water droppers including a yingqing
A TRANSMUTATION RED GLAZED BOTTLE VASE glazed miniature ewer with cash-patterned opening at the top, a white
Late Qing/Republic period monochrome glazed porcelain bamboo shoot, a white glazed fu-lion and
Of full pear form supporting a narrow neck and covered with a deep facing pair of brown glazed fu-lions; the two blue and white accessories
scarlet red glaze that thins to a pale olive green at the top and interior including a water dropper of Liu Hai seated on his three-legged toad
surface of the neck, the glaze polished along the outer edges of the and a five-peak mountain-shaped brush rest; the three biscuit enameled
unglazed foot pad and recessed base (abrasions, rough foot). accessories including a white ground water dropper of Li Bai leaning on a
20 3/8in (51.8cm) high wine ewer with overglaze blue, red and green highlights, a sancai glazed
$3,000 - 5,000 pottery water dropper in the shape of an immortal on a fish and a sancai
glazed water coupe in the shape of a gourd vine on a footed stand (some
with wear, degraded glazes, tiny chips).
2 1/8 to 4in (5.4 to 10cm) long
$1,000 - 1,500

Due to the large number of items in this lot, condition reports and
photographs of individual items will not be available.

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