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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BROOKS
AND DOROTHY COFIELD

A PAIR OF CARVED BISCUIT
‘LONGEVITY’ HAT STANDS
QING DYNASTY, DAOGUANG
PERIOD

each of cylindrical form, the unglazed white
biscuit body relief carved in mirror image with a
pair of cranes perched on rockwork with pines,
pomegranates, lingzhi and peonies blossoming
around them, a sun emerging from incised
clouds above and in the distance, each base with
a carved apocryphal Kangxi seal mark within a
square (2)
Height 11⅛ in., 28.3 cm

Two carved porcelain brushpots with similar
treatment of the rocks and foliage and similar
marks, attributed to the studio of Daoguang
period porcelain carver Li Yucheng, are illustrated
in Tony Miller and Humphrey Hui, Elegance in
Relief—Carved porcelain from Jingdezhen of the
19th to early 20th centuries, Hong Kong, 2006,
pls 32 and 33.

$ 8,000-12,000

704

PROPERTY OF A LADY

A CELADON-GLAZED DOUBLE-
GOURD VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND
PERIOD

elegantly potted with a globular lower bulb
supporting a slightly smaller upper bulb with a
narrow mouth, covered overall in a lustrous pale
sea-green glaze, save for an unglazed foot ring
encircling the recessed base with a six-character
seal mark in underglaze blue, the mouth with
metal mount
Height 12¼ in., 31.1 cm

$ 20,000-30,000

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