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6183                                              PROPERTY FROM A PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLECTOR
           A JUNYAO TEABOWL
           Jin/Yuan dynasty                                  6188
           Of hemispherical shape rising from a narrow foot ring, the rich sky   A CRACKLE GLAZED PORCELAIN VASE
           blue glaze splashed with a vivid magenta patch on the interior well,   Late Qing/Republic period
           thinning to dark olive across the lip and stopping in thick welts along   Potted with a flared mouth rim and a bulging mid-section, the
           the foot where the exposed clay is burnt a pale brown except for a   greenish tinged glaze filled with extensive craze lines covering all
           tiny patch of glaze visible within the deeply recessed base.   surfaces including the recessed base encircled by the set-in foot.
           4 5/8in (11.7cm) diameter                         6 1/2in (16.5cm) high
           $2,000 - 3,000                                    $2,000 - 3,000

           6184                                              Provenance
           A PURPLE-SPLASHED JUNYAO BOWL                     ex-collection of Ambassador Da Silva, Portuguese Ambassador to
           Yuan dynasty                                      China, collected before 1949 when moved to the United States
           Potted with an upright raised band below the rim on the exterior wall   Telecky Collection, Washington
           and tapering sharply inward toward the splayed foot ring, the well   Jadestone Gallery, Portland, Oregon, acquired 19 September 2005
           showing a single dark purple splash against the mottled blue and   Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield
           lavender glaze layer that thins to russet along the rim and stops in
           a thick uneven welt on the exterior to expose the buff colored fabric   6189
           (glaze degraded).
           7 1/4in (18.5cm) diameter                         A TEA DUST GLAZED DOUBLE-GOURD THREE-NECKED
                                                             VASE
                                                             Qianlong mark
           $1,000 - 1,500                                    Potted with three thin vertical spouts, the body and base all under
                                                             a rich slightly-speckled olive-green glaze except for a square
           Provenance                                        chocolate-brown reserve on the base bearing the six-character mark
           acquired at the Arts of Pacific Asia Show, San Francisco, 5-7   in seal script impressed into the foot pad.
           February 2010                                     8 1/2in (21.6cm) high
           6185                                              $1,000 - 1,500
           TWO LONGQUAN CELADON VASES
           Ming dynasty                                      Provenance
           The taller of elongated baluster form incised with a combed cloud   a Midwest Collection
           and diamond diaper pattern on the curving walls, vertical ribs on the   Eldred’s Auction, East Dennis, Massachusetts, 26 August 2010, lot
           neck and raised on a tall spreading foot (recessed base drilled); the   1259
           shorter of archaistic beaker shape with a tall, flaring neck, bamboo-  Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield
           shaped vertical ribs projecting from the body and raised on a tall
           spreading foot (chipped, base drilled).           6190
           13 1/4 and 11 in (33.5 and 28cm) high
                                                             A TEA DUST GLAZED LONG NECK VASE
                                                             Molded with a tall cylindrical neck spreading outward onto the low
           $2,000 - 3,000                                    compressed globular body and raised on a low foot, the surface and
                                                             the recessed base covered by a matte olive-green glaze and a wide
                                                             web of black and brown-stained craze lines.
           MONOCHROMES                                       7in (17.8cm) high

           6186                                              $1,000 - 1,500
           A CELADON CRACKLE-GLAZED FOLIATE RIMMED VASE      Provenance
           The flared rim molded into six lobes that continue down the long
           neck rising from a short globular body raised on a tall foot, the gray-  ex English Collection
           green glaze displaying a dense web of craze lines and covering all   Tom Tiberio Gallery, Seattle, Washington, acquired December 2007
           surfaces except the iron-washed foot pad (neck cracked).   Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield
           8 1/8in (20.5cm) high
                                                             6191
           $600 - 800                                        A FLAMBÉ GLAZED VASE
                                                             Late Qing/Republic period
           6187                                              The short mouth rim surmounting the compressed globular shoulder
                                                             raised atop a tapered cylindrical body, the exteriors streaked in a
           A GUAN-STYLE LOBED AND FOOTED DISH                thick purplish-red glaze streaked in patches of creamy blue ending
           The flat rim molded into eight lobes that continue through the walls of   slightly unevenly around the rough foot-ring surrounding the recessed
           the curving well and the foot ring resting on three low feet, the pale   base covered in a clear crackle glaze.
           gray-green glaze displaying a dense web of black and faint brown   7 3/8in (18.7cm) high
           craze lines on all surfaces except the foot pads and the nine spur
           marks on the base where the dark brown clay fabric is exposed.
           8 1/4in (21cm) diameter.                          $1,200 - 1,800

           $3,000 - 5,000                                    Provenance
                                                             a Southern California Collection
                                                             Jadestone Gallery, Portland, Oregon, acquired 11 December 2004
                                                             Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield




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