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PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS 6227
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A WHITE GLAZED VASE WITH MOLDED RELIEF DECORATION
Qianlong mark, Republic period
Of pear form with applied animal head handles at the neck, a
composite lotus flower and leaf scroll design encircling the pear-
shaped body, the celadon-tinged glaze covering all surfaces except
the foot pad and the recessed base bearing the six-character mark
impressed in seal script (chips).
7in (17.7cm) high
US$1,000 - 1,500
6227
A PAIR OF SKY BLUE GLAZED BALUSTER VASES WITH
DRAGON BAND DECORATION
Yongzheng marks, late Qing/Republic period
Each impressed with a lewien band along the upright rim and
descending leaves on the shoulder, the upper walls carved with kuei
dragons against a band of squared S-scrolls and further leaves rising
along the base, the sky blue glaze covering all surfaces except the
foot pad and recessed base bearing a Yongzheng yu zhi mark in
raised relief (one vase with large cracks).
14 5/8in (37cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance:
by repute, purchased in Shanghai in the 1920s by George Coleman
of New York; then, by descent, to his grandson
6228
A PAIR OF PEACH BLOOM GLAZED VASES
Kangxi marks, late Qing/Republic period
Each of elongated and inverted pear form topped with a waisted
neck and flared rim, the exterior walls mottled in shades of green
and dark cherry red beneath a colorless glaze that continues on the
interior of the neck and across the recessed base bearing the six-
character mark in underglaze blue standard script (glaze abraded
along rims).
8 1/4in 21cm) high
US$4,000 - 6,000
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A COBALT-DECORATED STEM BOWL
Transitional period
The wide curving well potted with a flared rim and supported on a tall
spreading foot, a deep cobalt wash coloring the exterior beneath a
celadon-tinged glaze that continues across the interior well painted
in cobalt line and wash with a bearded sage seated in an edited
landscape, the foot and slightly concave base left unglazed (surface
abrasions).
4 3/8in (11.1cm) diameter
US$800 - 1,200
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