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6260                                                                    PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WASHINGTON COLLECTOR
A CELADON GLAZED DISH WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND
WHITE SLIP DECORATION                                                   6264
19th century                                                            A GROUP OF SEVEN MINIATURE CERAMICS
The canted foliate rim painted with eight scrolls and the shallow well  19th century and later
with five bats surrounding a shou medallion drawn in a combination      Including two underglaze blue and copper red water coupes
of underglaze blue and white slip beneath the gray-green glaze          with figure decoration, each bearing a Kangxi mark (larger vessel
covering all surfaces except the foot pad (extensive abrasion).         chipped); the third a blue and white water coupe with short neck,
10 1/8in (25.7cm) diameter                                              painted with a landscape and bearing a Xuande mark (hairline crack);
                                                                        the fourth a sky blue glazed water coupe bearing a Kangxi mark;
US$800 - 1,200                                                          the fifth an underglaze blue and overglaze yellow enamel stick neck
                                                                        vase with dragon decoration bearing a Yongzheng mark; and two
6261                                                                    famille rose enameled finials molded into eight projecting lobes with
A MING STYLE BLUE AND WHITE KENDI                                       apertures to the top and base.
Painted along the shoulder with a classic lotus flower and leaf scroll  3 1/3in (8.3cm) diameter of largest water coupe
band that repeats on the vertical panels along compressed globular
walls and mammiform spout in alternation with lingzhi fungus panels,    US$1,500 - 2,500
the foot and recessed base left unglazed (firing crack).
6 7/8in (17.5cm) high                                                   PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

US$800 - 1,200                                                          6265
                                                                        A BLUE AND WHITE BASIN
6262                                                                    Kangxi period
A BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK PORCELAIN BOTTLE                                 Painted with floral sprays in leaf-shaped reserves rising against
Late Ming dynasty                                                       a diamond diaper ground along the canted rim and walls, further
Painted in cobalt wash and outline with eight vertical reserves of      flowering branches filling a roundel across the floor of the well and
flowers and garden rocks separated by bamboo branches rising up         repeated on the exterior walls above a band of ruyi scepter heads, a
the pear-shaped body from the tall foot to a cloud-collar band with     conch shell mark, painted within a double ring on the recessed base
tassels and dots on the tapering neck; the neck reduced in size and     (chipped)
covered with a later chased metal mount of garlic head shape with       14 3/4in (37.5cm) diameter
conforming metal cover (neck reduced, glaze worn from use).
12 3/8in (31.5cm) height including later metal mounts                   US$1,000 - 1,500

US$1,000 - 1,500                                                        6266

6263                                                                    TWO PORCELAIN CONTAINERS WITH UNDERGLAZE COPPER
A BLUE AND WHITE GINGER JAR AND COVER                                   RED DECORATION
19th century                                                            Kangxi marks, late Qing dynasty
Of globular form painted with alternating shou-characters and           The first a bowl with a recessed band molded into the flaring exterior
stylized flower and leaf scrolls, the outer neck and a band inside the  walls that separates a band of bats in clouds from rolling waves
shoulder left unglazed (hairline crack); the associated flat-topped     drawn in copper red with striping in underglaze blue, the recessed
cover painted with a cabbage leaf (chipped).                            base bearing the six-character mark in underglaze blue standard
8 3/4in (22.2cm) height overall                                         script within a double ring; the second a compressed globular water
                                                                        coupe painted in copper red with a dragon and waves, the recessed
US$1,000 - 1,500                                                        base bearing the six-character mark drawn in underglaze blue
                                                                        standard script.
                                                                        7 1/4 and 3 1/2in (18.4 and 9cm) diameters

                                                                        US$1,500 - 2,500

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