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Wen-Han Wei as a young lawyer Wen-Han Wei and his wife Irene Donar and their four children, including the present owner’s father.
魏文翰律師年輕時。 魏文翰與妻子 Irene Donar 和四個孩子，其中一位是現任藏家的父親。

PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT CHINESE-AMERICAN
FAMILY
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A SUPERB ENAMELED IMPERIAL ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’
GLOBULAR BOTTLE VASE
Guangxu six-character iron-red mark and of the period (1875-1908) Provenance
The globular body finely painted with a vividly portrayed five-clawed Wen-Han Wei, Shanghai, one of the pioneers in Chinese maritime
dragon in iron-red and gilt facing a fencai-enameled flying phoenix law, prior to 1939, and thence by descent along the maternal lineage
with colorful pastel throat, wing and tail feathers, each divided by an in the US
iron-red and gilt ‘flaming pearl’, all set against a pastel backdrop of
individual stylized clouds above a simple register of green and white Exhibited
‘breaking’ waves above the foot and below two molded bands at the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939
shoulder and lower neck with alternate lotus and shou-characters
on a foliate ground, the waisted neck with twelve bats amidst further 出處：
individual cloud renderings, below ruyi-lappets around the spreading 上海魏文翰 (1896-1987)，中國海商法先驅，1939 年之前即入藏，後
neck. 由母系家族在美傳承
15 7/8in (40.3cm) high
展出記錄：
$15,000 - 25,000 1939 年舊金山金門大橋世界博覽會
清光緒 御製粉彩龍鳳天球瓶 《大清光緒年製》紅字款

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