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6359 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WASHINGTON COLLECTOR
A POLYCHOME ENAMEL DEEP BOWL
Guangdong workshop, Qianlong mark, 18th/19th century 6362
The curving well painted in a subtle famille rose palette with bats and A QUATRELOBED CLOISONNÉ ENAMELED BOWL
flowering branches on a yellow ground surrounding a circular reserve Lao tianli zhi mark, late Qing/Republic period
of a fu-lion and embroidered ball that repeats on the exterior walls Of oval section with a front facing dragon appearing on each of
within ogival reserves, the recessed base bearing the four-character the four walls in colors against the turquoise blue ground inset with
mark in blue enamel standard script on a white ground (surface cloud shaped wires that show traces of gilt, the interior well and the
wear). recessed base covered in medium blue enamel and the front of the
4 7/8in (12.2cm) diameter foot ring engraved with the four-character mark in standard script
(wear to gilt).
US$1,000 - 1,500 6 1/4in (15.8cm) long

6360 US$1,000 - 1,500
A BLUE GROUND CLOISONNÉ ENAMELED CENSER AND
COVER PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NORTHWEST COLLECTION
19th century
The censer resting on three feet formed as elephant heads with 6363
composite lotus flowers and leafy tendrils in bright colors encircling A CLOISONNÉ ENAMELED CIRCULAR BOWL
the rich blue ground of the lower body and the pale green ground of Late Qing/Republic period
the waisted neck above a band of jeweled lappets in raised relief, the Its wide curving well and exterior surfaces inlaid in shades of blue,
pierced cover enameled en suite and topped with a seated lion dog with black and copper brown highlights forming inscribed roundels
finial (finial loose). recalling Han roof ties surrounded by a wanzi diaper pattern of wires
7 1/2in (19cm) high within a pale sky blue enamel ground (wear and abrasion from use).
10 5/8in (26.8cm) diameter
US$800 - 1,200
US$1,200 - 1,800
6361
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMELED FALCON PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED CALIFORNIA
The bird exhibiting an intense expression and covered in plumage COLLECTOR
formed of individuated feathers highlighted in hues of yellow, blue,
and red to the head, tail and tips of the flared wings, supported by 6364
gilt metal talons raised atop a plinth of waisted cylindrical shape A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMELED MANCHURIAN CRANES
adorned in rock and flower motifs. 20TH CENTURY
14in (35.5cm) high The facing pair constructed in pieces: the neck and head topped
with a characteristic red tuft, the body of white and black feathers
US$8,000 - 12,000 with subtle shading highlighted in blue and supported by a pair of
gilt-washed legs; with pieced wood display stands.
Provenance 27 3/4in (70.5cm) height of cranes
the Clague collection, with label to the underside reading Clague 30 5/8in (77.87cm) height including wood stands
Collection 121
US$2,000 - 3,000
Published
R. H. Leary ‘Chinese Cloisonné: The Robert and Marion Clague
Collection,’ Arts of Asia, vol. V, no. 1, 1975, p. 33 (As Jiaqing)

In addition to the present lot, several other similarly rendered birds
have been published as part of the Clague Collection. See Claudia
Brown, Chinese Cloisonné: The Clague Collection (Phoenix: the
Phoenix Art Museum, 1980), pp. 132-136 pl. 61-2. For examples
from other collections, see Beatrice Quette, ed., Cloisonné: Chinese
Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, (New York: Yale
University Press, 2011), pp. 277 and 279-280, fig. 104-105 and 110-
111. Many of the above examples share notable similarities in the
treatment of the individualized feathers of the plumage. See as well
op. cit. p. 125, fig. 6.39 for a pair of geese-form candlesticks from
the 18th century which appear to have a general posture similar to
this falcon.

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