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A RUBY-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE
SGRAFFIATO ‘MEDALLION’ BOWL
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND
PERIOD

the deep rounded sides supported on a short
foot, intricately painted with four circular
reserves, one in grisaille, two in sepia tones
and another in famille-rose enamels, each
depicting scholars traveling amidst mountainous
wintry landscapes, all divided by stylized lotus
arabesque on a ruby-red ground incised with
delicate feathering scrollwork, the interior painted
with a single stylized baoxianghua highlighted in
gilt, the base with a six-character seal mark in
underglaze blue
Diameter 5⅝ in., 14.3 cm

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, California.

$ 7,000-9,000

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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A FAMILLE-ROSE CELADON-
GLAZED ‘TRIGRAM’ VASE
GUANGXU MARK AND PERIOD

of cong form, each side molded with bagua
arranged in two columns, painted with owering
vines and double gourds over a pale celadon
glaze, the neck encircled with a oral band
suspending tassels above bats and wanzi
alternating around the shoulder, the base with a
six-character mark in underglaze blue
Height 10⅞ in., 27.6 cm

$ 8,000-12,000

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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART 211