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6214 6218
A SKY BLUE GLAZED RECTANGULAR BALUSTER VASE
TWO TRANSMUTATION RED GLAZED CONTAINERS Qianlong mark, late Qing/Republic period
19th century With projecting lobed handles, the fabric impressed with horizontal
The first a circular bowl with in-curving rim and thick walls tapering bands of decoration on the neck and canted shoulder and roundels
sharply inward to a flat base raised on three small knob feet, the of dragons and shou-characters centering the four walls of the body,
mottled red glaze covering the exterior wall, feet, and part of the all covered with a pale blue wash beneath a colorless glaze also
interior walls above a celadon tinged glaze, the flat base unglazed applied within the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in
and burnt a pale brown (hairline crack); the second a bottle vase underglaze blue seal script (chipped).
with a waisted neck and compressed globular body with a mottled 11in (28cm) high
red glaze that thins to a pale olive along the lip, the foot pad and
recessed base left unglazed (both containers with production chips US$1,500 - 2,500
to base).
9 1/4in (23.5cm) diameter of bowl
US$1,000 - 1,500 6219
TWO SMALL PORCELAIN VESSELS
6215 Late Qing/Republic period
A TRANSMUTATION RED GLAZED VASE The first a clair-de-lune glazed vase of elongated baluster form,
Late Qing/Republic period bearing a Kangxi mark to the deeply recessed base, with fitted wood
Of full baluster form with a waisted neck and canted shoulder, raised stand; the second a bell-shaped peach bloom-glazed miniature
on a flared foot, the mottled scarlet glaze thinning to pale celadon water coupe bearing an underglaze blue Qianlong mark.
as it reaches the rim and continues into the interior, the glaze within 6 5/8 and 2in (17 and 5cm) heights exclusive of stands
the recessed base also of pale gray-green hue (foot trimmed at
production). US$1,000 - 1,500
12 1/8in (30.8cm) high
Provenance
US$1,000 - 1,500 of the first purchased Hong Kong, 1968 by repute
6216 6220
A COPPER RED GLAZED BOTTLE VASE A PAIR OF YELLOW GLAZED STICK NECK VASES
Qianlong mark, 19th century Republic period
Thickly molded with a tall waisted neck, compressed globular body Each incised with a stiff leaf band along the lower neck, cloud collar
and a tall foot, the dark cherry red layer applied unevenly to the band at the shoulder and composite flower and leaf bands on the
exterior walls beneath a celadon-tinged glaze visible along the neck globular body, the mustard yellow glaze firing unevenly on all surfaces
and across the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in except the pad of the foot ring (one vase chipped, one vase with
underglaze blue seal script. hairline crack).
11 1/4in (28.5cm) high 17 1/4in (44cm) high
US$1,500 - 2,500 US$800 - 1,200
6217 6221
A SKY BLUE ARCHAISTIC HU-FOM VASE A LARGE YELLOW GLAZED TRUMPET NECKED VASE
Kangxi mark, late Qing/Republic period Republic period
Thickly molded with a wide cylindrical neck and Han-style animal Incised with a stiff leaf band on the lower neck, a cloud collar band
mask loop handles applied over stationary rings on the shoulder of at the shoulder and a large peony flower and leafy scroll pattern
the compressed globular body raised on a cupped foot, the pale encircling the globular body, the dark mustard yellow glaze covering
cobalt wash applied to the exterior walls beneath a colorless glaze all surfaces except the pad of the tall foot ring.
that continues on the interior and the recessed base bearing the six- 19 1/4in (48.8cm) high
character mark in underglaze blue standard script (base drilled).
17 3/4in (45cm) high US$1,000 - 1,500
US$1,500 - 2,500 6222
A POWDER BLUE GLAZED BALUSTER VASE
19th century
Molded with a cupped rim and raised string band circling the
cylindrical neck, the elongated body raised on a tall foot, the exterior
walls sprayed with a richly mottled layer of cobalt beneath a celadon-
tinged glaze covering all surfaces except the foot pad, the recessed
base painted with a double ring in underglaze blue (base drilled and
filled).
18 1/4in (46.4cm) high
US$1,500 - 2,000
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