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2273                                                                         PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE OREGON COLLECTION
A POLYCHROME ENAMELED PORCELAIN DISH
Late Qing/Republic period                                                    2277
The wide and flared mouth rim displaying the Eight Immortals atop            A GROUP OF MILLEFLEUR DECORATED CONTAINERS
varied mounts amid a stylized churning sea, the deep convex cavetto          Republic period
covered by an intricate repeating floral pattern band, all surrounding       Including a pair of long necked vases with flared rims and globular
the wide and flat central well covered by a roundel of two mandarin          bodies raised on tall feet, the flowers painted on a white ground, the
ducks swimming amid large blossoming lotus plants, the exterior sides        recessed base of each bearing a six-character Qianlong mark in iron
and the recessed base unmarked.                                              red seal script and stamped China in red; the third a bowl of inverted
16 1/2in (42cm) diameter                                                     bell form with flared rim, similarly painted on a white ground, the base
$1,000 - 1,500                                                               bearing a six-character Guangxu mark in iron red standard script; the
                                                                             fourth an alms bowl-shaped container painted with flowers on a yellow
2274                                                                         enamel ground, the base bearing a stamped four-character Qianlong
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED VASE WITH FLORAL                               mark and China in red. [4]
DECORATION                                                                   15 5/8in (39.6cm) height of vases
Jiaqing mark, Republic period                                                $1,500 - 2,500
The waisted neck with a flared rim above stylized kui dragon handles
painted in brilliantly hued enamels on the yellow ground with bats           2278
and chimes surrounded by classic lotus flowers and leafy tendrils,           A SET OF POLYCHROME ENAMELED EIGHT BUDDHIST
the elongated ovoid body encircled with birds and butterflies in flight      EMBLEMS ON PLINTHS
above seasonal blossoms and garden rocks, the recessed base                  Qianlong marks
bearing the six-character mark in iron red seal script.                      Consisting of the varied ba jixiang reticulated within yellow-ground
27 3/8in (69.5cm) high                                                       thick vertical rings supported upon elaborately petalled lotus pods
$5,000 - 7,000                                                               raised upon multi-hued molded vine and lotus shafts sprouting
                                                                             from yellow-ground circular plinths adorned in vine and lotus
PROPERTY FROM PAUL YOHEY                                                     patterns and stylized lotus petal bands, the undersides bearing the
                                                                             iron-red six-character marks within a thin turquoise enamel ground
2275                                                                         (some pieces repaired).
A MOLDED FAMILLE VERTE STICK NECK VASE, TIANQIUPING                          16in (40.5cm) high
Chenghua mark, Late Qing/Republic period                                     $4,000 - 5,000
The tall cylindrical neck encircled by the raised relief six-character mark
and a large and lithe molded chilong dragon, all surmounting a band          2279
of ba jixiang and prunus blossom motifs around the shoulder atop the         A CANTON ROSE MEDALLION ENAMELED COVERED VASE
globular body molded in a continuous tableau of figures in a garden          Surmounted by an elaborate finial centering a domical lid raised atop a
landscape, the details of the scene perforated by the potter in a lattice    vessel of baluster form supporting opposing molded elephant head gilt
of numerous holes revealing an unglazed ‘sleeve’ lining the interior, the    handles at the shoulders, the exterior surfaces adorned in floral sprigs
tiered recessed base also unglazed (drilled as a lamp, and mounted           and figural tableaux in the standard polychrome and gilt palette.
with brass fitting to the mouth).                                            25 1/2in (64.5cm) high
23in (58.5cm) height inclusive of fitting                                    $1,000 - 1,500
$1,000 - 1,500
                                                                             2280
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WASHINGTON COLLECTOR                                 A GROUP OF EIGHT FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED PORCELAIN
                                                                             PHOENIXES
2276                                                                         All of roughly similar appearance, each consisting of an elaborately
AN ASSEMBLED GROUP OF SIX FAMILLE ROSE                                       plumed and long tailed bird of predominantly pink hue, perching upon
ENAMELED WARES                                                               a reticulated plinth of varied detail and color.
Including four cups of inverted bell shape covered in vine and lotus         17 1/2in (44.5cm) height of tallest
patterns separated by gilt roundels reading fu gui chang ming, the           $1,000 - 1,500
recessed bases bearing iron red four-character yong qing chang chun
marks; and a pair of bowls of domical shape covered in bird and
flower patterns and bearing stamped iron red marks to the recessed
bases possibly reading Guangxu zhenpin.
5 1/2in (14cm) diameter of larger pair
$1,500 - 2,500

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