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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANN AND GORDON
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A FAMILLE-ROSE ‘PHOENIX’ DISH
GUANGXU MARK AND PERIOD
the rounded sides supported on a tapered foot, the interior
painted in vibrant polychrome enamels with four stylized
phoenix soaring amidst scrolling peony and lotus blossoms,
the exterior with three sprays of scrolling peony and lotus, the
rim gilt, the base with a six-character mark in iron red
Diameter 7¼ in., 18.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29th October 1991, lot 294 (part lot).
$ 4,000-6,000
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AN INSCRIBED FAMILLE-ROSE ‘SEVEN
SAGES’ VASE
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the ovoid body rising from a slightly splayed foot to a waisted
neck and a ! ared rim, ! anked by a pair of scroll handles, " nely
painted to the exterior with the ‘Seven Sages of the Bamboo
Grove’ engaged in various literati pursuits, including playing
chess and inscribing calligraphy on a rock face, accompanied
by a young attendant, all below a poem written in stylized
kaishu eulogizing the seven sages, followed by two small seals,
the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in iron red
Height 11⅝ in., 29.6 cm
$ 20,000-30,000
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