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8170
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED CYLINDRICAL JARS
AND COVERS
Lin zhi cheng xiang marks, Republic period
Each painted in gilt and brilliantly hued enamels with the Hundred
Children theme of young princes celebrating the New Year with
festival lanterns and fire crackers, the shoulder and foot areas
bordered with blue enamel leiwen patterns and delicately painted
flowers and leaf scrolls that repeat on the rim of each cover centered
with a peach branch finial, the recessed base bearing the four-
character mark in iron red enamel.
8 3/4in (22.2cm) high
US$4,000 - 6,000
Provenance
acquired prior to the 1960s
A pair of covered food containers with the same mark and similar
Hundred Princes decoration was sold in Bonhams, San Francisco
sale 22510, 10 December 2015, lot 8181.
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A FINE ROSE SGRAFFITO GROUND AND POLYCHROME
ENAMELED VASE
Jurentang mark, Republic period
Its waisted neck painted with three circular reserves and the
elongated ovoid body with three rectangular reserves variously filled
with magpies, flowering and leafy foliage carefully drawn in richly
hued enamels surrounded by a vivid rose enamel ground incised
with a delicate leaf scroll pattern, a layer of turquoise enamel finishing
the interior neck and the recessed base bearing the incised four-
character mark in seal script and China stamped in red.
33 1/4in (84.5cm) high
US$10,000 - 15,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NORTHWEST COLLECTION
8172
A DOUCAI DECORATED VASE
Qianlong mark, late Qing/Republic period
The wide trumpet neck coated with turquoise enamel on the interior
and supporting iron red and gilt-enameled dragon handles on the
exterior along with successive bands of stiff leaves, shou medallions,
Eight Buddhist Treasures and composite lotus flowers blooming amid
leafy tendrils and bats drawn in underglaze blue and colored with iron
red, yellow, green and purple enamels, the recessed base bearing
the six-character mark in underglaze blue seal script.
17 1/2in (44.5cm) high
US$3,000 - 5,000
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