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A GROUP OF EIGHT FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED WALL VASES A WUCAI-DECORATED JAR
Including a pair of double gourd shape with classic lotus decoration Wanli mark, late Qing/Republic period
on a turquoise blue ground, each now attached to a reticulated wood Its wide mouth painted with an iron wash and the short neck encircled
panel; the third of truncated baluster form with two panels of landscape by garden rocks in underglaze blue alternating with flowering branches
surrounded by a turquoise ground incised with feathery scrolls; the in black and bright enamels also used for the larger decoration on the
fourth a slender baluster vase with blue enameled handles, flowers curving body of a long-tailed phoenix perched on a rock surrounded
blooming against a yellow enamel ground similarly incised with feathery by seasonal flowering branches, the recessed base bearing the six-
scrolls, all above an iron red faux base; a pair of yellow ground baluster character mark in underglaze blue regular script within a double ring.
vases with iron red enameled handles and famille rose floral roundels; 10 7/8in (27.5cm) high
and two similarly shaped baluster vases with sanduo decoration on a $2,000 - 4,000
white ground, iron red handles and cloud patterns on the sides.
5 to 7 1/2in (12.7 to 19cm) high PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
$1,000 - 1,500
2286
2282 A GROUP OF THREE POLYCHROME ENAMELED PORCELAINS
A GROUP OF FIVE CANTON ENAMELED EXPORT PORCELAIN The first a millefleur bowl, late Qing/Republic period, the interiors
SERVING PIECES adorned in floral sprigs and the underside bearing a stamped iron red
Late Qing dynasty six-character Guangxu mark; the second a smaller bowl of similar
Including two similarly decorated rectangular vegetable dishes with shape, also late Qing/Republic period, enameled in stylized vine and
indented corners, painted on the interior walls and floor with figural lotus motifs in pastel hues, the underside bearing a six-character
panels and Rose Medallion borders on a gilt ground that repeat on the Guangxu mark in standard script underglaze blue; the third a large
conforming covers topped with gilt-washed pine cone finials (one dish charger, Kangxi period, adorned in famille-verte motifs of flowering
chipped); the third a large oval platter similarly painted with a figural rocks and butterflies, the recessed base encircled by a unglazed
scene across the shallow well and a Rose Medallion border on a gilt concave double foot ring and centered by an artemisia leaf in
ground along the curving rim (wear to enamels); the fourth a foliate underglaze blue.
rimmed serving dish of lozenge shape and tall foot intricately painted 13 3/4in (35cm) diameter of third and largest
with a detailed border of birds, insects, flowers and fan shaped $1,000 - 1,500
reserves in the Mandarin style on a white ground that frames the
figural scene across the curving well; the last a well-painted shell form 2287
dish with iron red and gilt-painted rim flange, the figural scene across A LARGE FAMILLE NOIRE ENAMELED CHARGER
the well framed by a gilt ground Rose Medallion border. Kangxi mark
15 1/2in (39.4cm) length of oval platter The dish sturdily potted with a wide mouth rim surrounding a deep
$1,000 - 1,500 convex cavetto all raised upon a tall foot ring, the interior surfaces
covered in an elaborate depiction of magpies perching amid prunus
2283 branches blooming from verdant rockery all encircled by repeating
A YELLOW GROUND AND FAMILLE VERTE ENAMELED geometric patterns, the exterior sides adorned in repeating vine and
DRAGON BOWL lotus sprigs, the recessed base bearing the underglaze blue six-
Late Qing/Republic period character mark in standard script within a double ring.
Its wide curving well centered with a green and black-eyed dragon 20 1/4in (51.5cm) diameter
amid clouds and a ruyi lappet band below the rim all drawn in iron red, $1,500 - 2,500
the exterior encircled with two other dragons chasing flaming pearls
amid clouds colored in iron red, green, black and aubergine on an 2288
unevenly applied yellow ground (wear to enamels). A SET OF EIGHT POLYCHROME ENAMELED SAUCER DISHES
14 1/2in (37cm) diameter Daoguang marks, late Qing dynasty
$1,000 - 1,500 Each painted in gilt, opaque white and pale lime green enamels with a
classic lotus flower and leaf scroll pattern on an overglaze blue ground
PROPERTY FROM AN OYSTER BAY COLLECTION, across the face, the raised string band on the reverse accented in iron
ACQUIRED BEFORE 1950 red and the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in iron red
seal script (five with chips).
2284 5 3/8in (14.3cm) diameter
A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED DEEP DISH $1,800 - 2,500
Qianlong mark, Republic period
Thinly molded with a wide, curving rim flange and shallow well carefully
painted in bright enamels with pink and white flowering prunus
branches and a peony stem that issue from the exterior walls in
combination with a lingzhi fungus plant, the recessed base bearing the
six-character mark in iron red seal script (foot chipped).
9 3/8in (23.7cm) diameter
$1,000 - 1,500
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