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8161
A GROUP OF SEVEN BLUE AND WHITE DISHES
Chongzhen/Shunzi period
Each potted with a flared rim, the interior freely painted with two
figures, possibly Hanshan and Shide, beneath a full moon, the
exterior decorated with two pairs of bare branches extending
downwards from the rim, the base with a double circle.
6in (15.2cm) diameter
US$2,500 - 4,000
8162
A PAIR OF LARGE WUCAI ENAMELED COVERED FOOD
WARMERS WITH LINERS
Guangxu six-character marks and of the period
Each molded as a full-bellied tripod with a pair of loop handles,
fitted with a conforming liner and a domed cover: the tripod and
cover finely decorated with two dragons amid flower sprays chasing
flaming pearls, divided by two descending phoenixes below a narrow
band of the Eight Buddhist Emblems interspersed with ruyi heads,
both displaying the six-character mark in underglaze blue standard
script; the outside edge of the liner accented with gilt striping and the
underside displaying the same mark in iron red.
8 1/4in (21cm) high
9 3/4in (24.8cm) width across the handles
US$1,500 - 2,500
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN 8163
COLLECTION
8163
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE STICK NECK VASE, TIANQIUPING
Late Qing/Republic period
Heavily but carefully potted with a cylindrical neck and globular body
painted in shades of cobalt with a peony flower and leaf scroll pattern
set between a narrow flower head and leaf band below the rim and
an overlapping flower petal band above the foot, the foot pad and
recessed base left unglazed.
27 3/8in (69.5cm) high
US$10,000 - 15,000
Provenance
acquired by a family member in Czechoslovakia in the 1940s, and
thence by descent
8164
A LARGE ‘CHINESE IMARI’ COVERED BALUSTER JAR
Kangxi period
Surmounted by a domical lid centered by a replaced finial; the
ovoid body covered in a ground of iron-red and gilt floral decoration
surrounding phoenix on rocks, all above the foot encircled by a lotus
petal band surrounding the unglazed underside.
23 1/2in (59.8cm) height inclusive of replaced finial
US$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance
acquired by a family member in Czechoslovakia in the 1940s (with
Czech export inspection stamp to the underside); and thence by
descent.
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