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PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS 8174 8176
A SKY-BLUE GLAZED BOTTLE VASE A PARTIAL MILLEFLEUR DECORATED
8173 18th century PORCELAIN TEA SET
A CELADON GLAZED BOWL WITH Formed with a flared rim to the long waisted Qianlong marks, Republic Period
CARVED ISLAMIC DECORATION neck rising from a compressed globular Consisting of ten cups, ten saucers, one
16th/17th century body encircled with a raised double string teapot, creamer and sugar, each elegantly
Molded with a flared rim and wide curving band and supported on a well-cut foot ring, decorated in the millefleur pattern on a cafe-
well raised on a tall foot, the glaze layer the pale cobalt wash applied to the exterior au-lait ground, the edges accented in gilt.
carved away to form ogival reserves on the walls beneath a colorless glaze covering all 7 1/4in (18.4cm) height of teapot
exterior walls alternating between Arabic surfaces except the foot pad.
inscriptions and flowering branches and 6 3/4in (17cm) high US$2,500 - 4,000
an elaborate octofoil interlace across the
deep well combining Gordian knots with US$3,000 - 5,000 Provenance
Arabic calligraphy, the recessed base from an Oregon estate, the original owner
showing traces of a Chinese maker’s mark 8175 lived in China in the 1930s
in underglaze blue beneath the remains of No lot
celadon glaze.
6 5/8in (15.8cm) diameter
US$3,000 - 5,000
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