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A LEMON-YELLOW GLAZED AN UNUSUAL IRON-BLACK ENAMELED A RUBY-PINK ENAMELED PORCELAIN
PORCELAIN DISH PORCELAIN BOWL VASE
Kangxi mark, late Qing/Republic period Late Qing dynasty Yongzheng mark, late Qing/Republic
Supported on a subtly inverted foot ring, the Potted with canted walls tapering inward period
curving sides thinning towards a flared rim, above a tall foot ring, the exterior applied The slightly compressed globular body
the white glazed, recessed base centered with a layer of matte black enamel over the rising to a gently waisted neck, the exterior
with the six-character-mark in underglaze shiny colorless glaze visible on the wide covered with a rich, ruby-colored enamel
blue within double rings (abrasions, hairline interior well and recessed base. mottled with tones of ‘crushed raspberry’,
crack to side wall). 4 3/8in (11.7cm) diameter the countersunk base inscribed with a six-
7 3/16in (18.3cm) diameter character Yongzheng mark in underglaze blue
$1,000 - 1,500 (hairline crack).
$1,500 - 2,500 7in (17.8cm) high
Provenance
Provenance a Minneapolis Estate $1,200 - 1,800
ex-collection of Ambassador Da Silva , Jeremy Moore Antiques, Minneapolis,
Portuguese Ambassador to China, collected Minnesota, acquired 16 September 2011 Provenance
before 1949 when moved to the United Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield ex-collection of Stevens, Wilmington,
States Delaware, collection formed during the
Telecky Collection, Washington 6204 1950s-1960s
Jadestone Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Pook & Pook Auctioneers, Downingtown,
acquired 13 August 2015 TWO MONOCHROME GLAZED BRUSH Pennsylvania, 2006
Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield WASHERS Jadestone Gallery, Portland, Oregon,
19th century acquired June 2006
6201 Both of compressed ovoid section, the first Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield
surmounted by a narrow mouth and covered

TWO CLAIR-DE-LUNE GLAZED in a viscous copper-red glaze, the raised foot Exhibited
PORCELAINS encircling the clear-glazed recessed base; The Oriental Ceramics Society, London, The
Late Qing/Republic period the second potted in shorter alms-bowl World in Monochrome, 15th April-20th June
The first a tall ‘beehive’ water pot, the shape and glazed in whorled transmutation- 2009, Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and
surface incised with wispy clouds beneath glaze hues of purples and reds (firing cracks African Studies
the icy pale-blue glaze; the second a slender to foot).
‘willow leaf’ vase of attenuated baluster 4in (10cm) diameter of second Published and illustrated
form, covered overall with a soft pale blue The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, The
glaze thinning to white at the rim; the bases $1,200 - 1,800 World in Monochromes, 2009, p. 100, pl.
of both with six-character Kangxi marks in 250
underglaze blue. Provenance
6 1/2in (16.5cm) height of taller Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
$2,000 - 3,000 Transmutation glazed brush washer:
Jerry Lamb Collection, Portland Oregon, 6206
Provenance acquired 2007 A PAIR OF RED GLAZED WILLOW LEAF
Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield Copper-red glazed brush washer: VASES
Collection of Robert Shields, Seattle, Kangxi marks, Republic period
Beehive water pot: Washington Of traditional liuyeping or ‘willow-leaf’ form
Jerry Lamb Collection, Portland, Oregon, Collection of Larry O’Rourke, Seattle, consisting of wide mouth rims atop thin
acquired 25 February 2004 Washington attenuated necks atop shoulders tapering
Guanyin ‘willow’ vase: Crane Gallery, Seattle, Washington, acquired to tall unglazed feet, the remaining exterior
ex-collection of Francis Bernard Gesley 7 March 2013 sides covered in the viscous red glaze, the
(1922-2008), Eugene, Oregon, acquired deeply recessed clear-glazed bases bearing
September 2007 6205 the six-character marks in underglaze blue
6 3/4in (17.2cm) height exclusive of stands
A DEEP BLUE GLAZED PORCELAIN (one broken); with fitted wood stands.
6202 BRUSH WASHER
A PAIR OF YELLOW GLAZED CUPS Guangxu mark $1,000 - 1,500
Late Qing dynasty Of compressed globular form, supported
Of inverted bell form with a layer of brightly on a circular foot ring, the interior and
hued yellow enamel applied over a colorless exterior walls covered in dark blue glaze, the 6207
glaze that extends into the interior and recessed base glazed in white, bearing a six- A PAIR OF CELADON GLAZED DOUBLE
across the recessed base within the character mark in regular script, the foot pad GOURD MINIATURE VASES
unglazed foot pad (one cup cracked). left unglazed. Each covered with a densely crazed glaze
2 7/8in (7.4cm) high 5 3/8in (13.7cm) diameter of pale greenish-white hue and raised on an
unglazed foot ring surrounding a concave
$1,500 - 2,000 $1,000 - 1,500 base covered with a colorless glaze.
3 1/2in (9cm) high
Provenance Provenance
Langsdorf Collection a Minneapolis Estate, Minnesota $1,200 - 1,800
Doyle Auction, New York, 10 September Jeremy Moore Antiques, Minneapolis,
2012, lot 404 Minnesota, acquired 2005
Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield

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