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MONOCHROMES
Lots 6206-6236
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CARMEL COLLECTION 6210
6206 AN ASSEMBLED GROUP OF THREE WATER COUPES
A DEHUA STANDING FIGURE OF GUANYIN Late Qing/Republic period
Bo ji yu ren mark, late Qing/Republic period The first, of bell-shape with lemon-glazed surfaces decorated in lion
Posed standing on a base of waves as she looks downward toward dogs and tassels carved to the shoulders, the underside bearing an
the scroll held in her hands, her elaborate coiffure held in place by incised Qianlong mark; the second covered in thick transmutation red
fillet fronted with a seated Buddha, a pin and a veil, the back center glaze and potted in very compressed ovoid form; the third elaborately
shoulder impressed with the four-character mark and the colorless potted to depict a dragon amid clouds vying for a detached pearl,
glaze also applied to the hollow interior walls (chips, repairs). glazed in blue, aubergine and yellow and bearing a molded Kangxi
22 1/4in (56.5cm) high mark to the recessed base (damage to third).
3in (7.2cm) diameter of the first
US$2,000 - 3,000 US$1,200 - 1,800
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. ROBERT ROSEN, 6211
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
A GROUP OF THREE PORCELAIN CONTAINERS
6207 The first a sky blue glazed water bath in the shape of a censer
A PAIR OF GLAZED WHITE PORCELAIN BEAUTIES HOLDING with raised bosses on the exterior walls, three short legs and an
LOTUS BRANCHES unglazed circular pad projecting from the center of the base; the
20th century second a deep dish with flared rim, cobalt wash on the exterior walls
The facing pair posed with elegantly arranged coiffures and clothed beneath famille rose enameled melon vines and butterflies applied
in layered garments, holding a blossoming lotus spray in opposing over a colorless glaze that continues on the recessed base bearing
hands as they stand on a waisted circular base with further applied a six-character Guangxu mark in underglaze blue (wear to gilt and
lotus plants (one figure chipped; each figure now attached to a enamels); the third a lime green enameled shallow dish with sgraffito-
painted black wood base. decorated silver leaf designs of a phoenix surrounded by lotus
24 1/2in (62cm) height of porcelain flowers and leaf scrolls filling the shallow well and similar decoration
26 3/4in (68cm) height including wood stands on the exterior walls, the recessed base centered with a song fung
yong le mark in underglaze blue beneath a colorless glaze (wear).
5 3/4 to 7 1/4in (14.5 to18.5cm) diameters
US$1,500 - 2,000 US$2,500 - 4,000
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS 6212
A GROUP OF THREE GLAZED VASES
6208 18th century and later
A DEHUA STYLE PORCELAIN FIGURE OF GUANYIN The first a transmutation glazed meiping of elegant form with a russet
Seated in royal ease upon a rocky perch that also supports a slender ring along the rolled rim, the crazed glaze of lavender predominating
vase to the left of the figure;, the back of the figure bearing the over pale red on the exterior walls, the recessed base and interior
gourd-shaped stamp Dehua and square stamp He Chaozong yin. covered with a celadon-tinged glaze; the second a pear-shaped
20in (50.8cm) high vase with wide mouth and raised string band encircling the walls
immediately above a pair of applied animal head and mock ring
US$1,000 - 1,500 handles, the mottled olive glaze of tea dust type covering all surfaces
except the iron-washed foot pad; the last white crackle-glazed stick-
6209 neck vase with pale russet staining in contrast to the dragon with
A GROUP OF THREE DEHUA PORCELAIN CONTAINERS bifurcated tail painted in white slip.
19th century 9 5/8, 5 1/2 and 7 7/8in (24.5, 14 and 20cm) high
The first a censer of bombé form with applied lion head handles; the
second a censer of conical form with ribbed walls raised on cloud US$2,000 - 3,000
collar feet (firing flaws); the third a libation cup of rhinoceros horn
shape with applied dragon, deer and flowering branch decoration 6213
(hairline crack). A TRANSMUTATION RED GLAZED WIDE-MOUTHED VASE
5 1/2 and 5 3/4in (14 and 14.5cm) lengths across first censer and Late Qing/Republic period
libation cup Of elongated jar shape with a pair of animal head and mock ring
handles applied at the shoulder below the short waisted neck, the
US$1,200 - 1,800 mottled scarlet layer stopping along the foot and continuing into the
neck, the unglazed fabric of the recessed base burnt cinnamon-
brown (production chips to foot pad).
14 1/2in (37cm) high
US$1,000 - 1,500
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