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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
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A FAMILLE ROSE 'HUNDRED BATS' BOTTLE VASE AN UNUSUAL LARGE FAMILLE ROSE MODEL OF A PAVILION
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE LATE QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD
PERIOD (1875-1908) The pavilion is modeled in three parts and is of flat-backed demi-octagonal
The vase is decorated on the rounded body and straight neck with section. The base is formed as turquoise-enameled tiled wall sections,
numerous iron-red bats in flight amidst cloud scrolls rendered in pink, blue, each with a reticulated 'dragon' roundel. The central section has pairs of
and pale yellow enamel, beneath a band of ruyi-heads encircling the mouth reticulated panels to suggest doors, within a balcony flanked by four pillars,
rim. the two central pillars each encircled by a coiled dragon, and the two outer
pillars each applied with a descending phoenix. The back of the central
13¿ in. (33.3 cm.) high
section is applied in slip with a four-character mark reading Cai Guanrong
zao (made by Cai Guanrong). The peaked roof is modeled with projecting,
$8,000-12,000 upturned eaves, and is enameled with rows of tiles in yellow, turquoise and
pink.
清光緒 粉彩百福紋賞瓶 礬紅六字楷書款 20º in. (51.4 cm.) high
$30,000-50,000

晚清/民國 粉彩雕塑樓閣 「蔡官榮造」款

735 (mark)
736 (mark)