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6302 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED CUPS
Baragon tumed marks 6305
Each painted with a lotus and crossed vajra roundel at the floor of A SMALL POLYCHROME ENAMELED CIRCULAR BOX AND
the well and narrow bands of Eight Buddhist Treasures separated by COVER
shou characters along the exterior walls above and below the Seven Daoguang mark, 19th century
Jewels of Royal Power - elephant, wheel, jewel, queen, minister, The flat cover painted with a dragon grasping a flaming pearl amid
horse and general- fronting bodhi-leaf halos, the recessed base clouds and the compressed globular box encircled by further
bearing the mark in iron red Mongolian script. clouds and bats hovering above a band of rocks and waves using
3 1/8in (7.9cm) diameter a combination of iron red, opaque white and black outline with pale
green and blue highlights, the base bearing the six-character mark in
US$1,200 - 1,800 iron red seal script enclosed within a square.
3 3/8n (8.5cm) diameter
6303
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED SHOU CHARACTER US$1,200 - 1,800
BOWLS
Jiaqing marks, Late Qing/Republic period 6306
Each painted on the exterior with two rows of shou characters drawn A QIANJIANGCAI ENAMELED BRUSH POT
in iron red alternating with yellow outlined in black, the rose enamel Of cylindrical form, the exterior walls depicting a wizened monk at
used in the cloud collar band above and the lotus petal band below, study within a plantain leaf grove before a rocky table supporting
the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in iron red seal prunus blossoms in a vase, an open book and a Buddhist shrine,
script (one bowl repaired and retouched). below the inscription xiu mei tu also bearing a gengchen date
7in (17.7cm) (equivalent to 1880 or 1940) and bearing a signature reading Cheng
Yan and seal Cheng.
US$3,000 - 5,000 4 1/4in (10.8cm) high
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JESSE MILES LEWIS US$1,500 - 2,000
6304 6307
A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED CHICKEN CUP A GROUP OF FOUR FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED TEA ITEMS
Qianlong fanggu mark, Late Qing/Republic period 19th century
Painted in bright enamels with a young boy stamping his foot as he Including a pair of saucers molded with ribbed walls and painted with
faces a rooster, hen and chicks gathered around garden rocks and auspicious deer standing amid garden rocks, flowering branches
peony in bloom along a continuous ground plain reversed by a long and lingzhi fungus; the third a teapot and lid painted with a village
inscription in black enamel bearing an inscription by the Qianlong landscape; the fourth a cream jug painted with flowering plants and
emperor followed by two of his seals, the recessed base bearing the leaves (lacking cover, hairline crack).
six-character mark in underglaze blue seal script. 7 1/4in (18.5cm) length across teapot
2 7/8in (7.5cm) high
3 1/4in (8.4cm) diameter of the mouth US$800 - 1,200
US$1,000 - 1,500 6308
AN ASSEMBLED GROUP OF FOUR CUPS AND EIGHT
The boy on the cup was identified as the young prodigy Jia Chang SAUCERS IN POLYCHROME ENAMELS
(born 713), at the age of 13 a skilled trainer of fighting cocks for the 18th century and later
emperor. For a translation of the inscription as well as an example The articles with famille rose enamels including a matching cup and
of an original cup from the Qianlong period, see Louise Allison Cort saucer with barbed edges, painted with a scholar and beauty in a
and Jan Stuart, Joined Colors: Decoration and Meaning in Chinese landscape (chips); a matching cup and two saucers with various
Porcelain, (Washington, D.C., 1993), p. 53-54 and p. 138, no. animals in reserves on a black and green enameled ground with
64 (Sze Tak Tong Collection, as 6.0cm height, 6.5cm diameter of pink enamel borders; a matching cup and saucer painted with a
mouth). female warrior on horseback battling a foot soldier (tiny chips);
and a matching cup and saucer with a horse and scholar in a
garden courtyard (tiny chips); the tenth a deep saucer painted with
pomegranate, peach and finger citron branches surrounding a
group of auspicious objects (chip); the eleventh a saucer with floral
decoration (chips, hairline); the twelfth a famille verte enameled
saucer with bird and lotus garden pattern reversed by café-au-lait
ground. [12]
3 and 5in (7.5 and12.7cm) diameters of the first cup saucer
US$1,000 - 1,500
Due to the large number of items in this lot, photographs and
condition reports of individual items will not be available.
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