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A GROUP OF THREE DEHUA FIGURES A FAMILLE VERTE ENAMELED BALUSTER VASE
17th/18th centuries Late Qing/Republic period
Including two small baby boys and a taller deified official standing Painted in bright enamels with a landscape encircling the waisted
upon an unglazed plinth holding a baby, all adorned in underglaze blue neck, a wide decorative band along the sloping shoulder and a
highlights to their attire (firing cracks). continuous narrative around the elongated ovoid body of generals,
6 3/4in (17.2cm) height of official officials and warriors on a palace parapet watching an archer arm his
$1,000 - 1,500 bow; the neck now mounted with an electric light apparatus (base of
vase now glued to wood stand).
2238 16 3/4in (42.5cm) height of vase
A GROUP OF THIRTEEN CERAMIC WATER DROPPERS AND $1,200 - 1,800
WATER COUPES
17th century and later 2241
The seven monochrome water droppers including a green glazed A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED ROULEAU VASE
carp, a turquoise glazed dragon fish, a green glazed three-peak Late Qing dynasty
mountain, a white glazed standing Budai, a brown glazed monkey Painted in opaque and translucent enamels with two sages enjoying
on a tree trunk, a brown glazed standing luohan and monkey, and an wine at a garden table, a diaper band along the slanted shoulder and
olive glazed figure seated on a four-wheeled cart; four accessories the body encircled by a continuous narrative of tribute bearers, officials
with underglaze decoration including a seated dog water dropper with and palace ladies attending a young emperor or prince seated before
underglaze blue, another seated dog water dropper with blue and a screen of state; the neck now fitted with an electric lamp apparatus
iron brown spots, a combination water dropper/brush rest shaped (base of vase now glued to a wood stand).
as a prunus branch in bloom over a rock, and an iron red-enameled 17in (43cm) height of vase
mountain with underglaze blue flowering branch; the last two of $1,200 - 1,800
biscuit-enameled ware including a famille rose peach, pomegranate
and Buddha’s hand citron water coupe and a sancai glazed water 2242
coupe of two fu-lions facing a ribboned ball (some with tiny chips, A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED BALUSTER VASE
losses, hairline cracks). 19th century
1 1/4 to 4in (3.1 to 10cm) long Molded with a cupped lip, cylindrical neck and canted shoulder above
$800 - 1,200 an elongated body tapering inward above a short foot, painted in richly
hued opaque and translucent enamels with a Daoist paradise amid
Due to the large number of items in this lot, photographs and colored clouds and a band of black-lined flowers and leaf sprays on
condition reports of individual items will not be available. an opaque celadon ground above a figural scene of officials waiting
at the door of a scholar’s rural retreat while his servant sweeps the
ENAMELED WARES entrance; the rim now mounted with an electric lamp apparatus (wear
to gilt and enamels, chip to lip).
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS 17 7/8in (45.5cm) height of vase
$1,500 - 2,000
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TWO WUCAI-DECORATED VASES A FAMILLE NOIRE SQUARE-SECTION VASE
17th century Qing dynasty
The larger painted in the characteristic palette of underglaze blue The tapered sides of the heavily potted vessel all covered in elaborate figural
and polychrome enamels with a flame band on the neck, flower-filled tableaux of the immortal Liu Hai and his identifying implements below vine
lappets on the curving shoulder and three reserves of fabulous beasts and lotus patterns and lingzhi fungus and floral sprigs surrounding the neck
around the canted walls, the glaze stopping neatly along the edge of and shoulder; the recessed base unmarked (kiln flaws).
the unglazed base (glaze frits to rim); the smaller a jar of inverted pear 18in (46cm) high
form and similarly painted with two fu-lions scampering amid peony $1,200 - 1,800
branches, the glaze stopping along the edges of the unglazed neck
and base (rim possibly ground down, lacking cover). 2244
12 1/8 and 7in (30.8 and 17.8cm) high A PAIR OF TURQUOISE GROUND CYLINDRICAL VASES WITH
$1,500 - 2,500 POLYCHROME ENAMEL DECORATION
Daya zhai marks, Republic period
Each painted with a bird perched on a wisteria vine rising amid roses,
the upper wall inscribed Daya zhai to the left of an oval seal reading
tian di yi jia chun bordered by dragons, pearl and waves rendered in
bright enamels similar to the surrounding decoration; each now drilled
and mounted as lamp.
13in (33cm) approximate height of porcelain
$800 - 1,200
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