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1615 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF GILBERT IRELAND

1615

AN UNUSUAL WHITE-GLAZED ANHUA-
DECORATED STEM CUP
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER INCISED
MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-
1735)

The deep, fared sides of the cup are
decorated in low relief under the glaze on
the exterior with two phoenixes shown in
fight between peony sprays below a key-fret
border. The reign mark is incised in a line
inside the pedestal foot.
3¡ in. (8.7 cm.) high and wide, wood stand

$15,000-20,000

PROVENANCE

Galster-Ireland Collection, New York.
清雍正 白釉暗花鳳穿牡丹紋高足盃
六字楷書刻款

1615 (mark)

PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS COLLECTION

1616

AN UNUSUAL IRON-RED AND GILT-
DECORATED BOTTLE VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The bulbous body is fnely painted in iron
red and gilding with two fsh, a crab, and
a shrimp emerging from a band of rolling
waves topped with pale green-glazed froth,
below fames and a well-modeled dragon
applied around the neck as it pursues a
faming pearl applied on the shoulder, all
below a decorative band at the mouth.
14º in. (36.2 cm.) high

$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE

Christie’s New York, 13-14 September 2012,
lot 1559.

清康熙 礬紅彩描金魚化龍紋天球瓶

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