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A BLUE AND WHITE BITONG
Late Qing/Republic period
The stout waisted cylindrical vessel decorated with peach-shaped
reserves of a sage and young children set against and fu and shou
character.
8 1/8in (20.5cm) high
9 5/8in (24.4cm) diameter
US$2,000 - 3,000
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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS PAINTED WITH
SQUIRRELS IN GRAPE VINES
Yongzheng marks
Each carefully potted with a wide and deep well, the exterior walls
tapering sharply inward above the tall foot and painted with squirrels
scampering among tangled grape vines, the recessed base bearing
the six-character mark in underglaze blue standard script inscribed
within a double ring.
7 5/8in (19.5cm) diameter
US$4,000 - 6,000
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A BLUE AND WHITE EIGHT IMMORTALS BOWL
Guangxu six-character mark and of the period
The wide well centered with a reserve depicting Shoulao and a deer
standing beneath clouds and the exterior walls showing each of the
Eight Immortals, the designs drawn on both surfaces with space for
overglaze enamel details that were never added, the recessed base
showing the mark written in standard script (hairline crack).
8 3/4in (22.1cm) diameter
US$1,200 - 1,800
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