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                                                             A PAIR OF SMALL CELADON GLAZED VASES
                                                             Each of oval-sectioned baluster form with fluted rims and conforming
                                                             walls molded in raised linear relief with elaborate shou medallions
                                                             separating a pair of animal head and mock ring handles, the olive-
                                                             green glaze showing extensive craze lines (chipped, bases drilled and
                                                             filled).
                                                             5 1/4in (13.3cm) high
                                                             $800 - 1,200

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                                                             A DEHUA SEATED FIGURE OF GUANYIN
                                                             Dressed in a long mantle that frames her coiffed and crowned head,
                                                             falling below an applied cloud collar necklace and enveloping her
                                                             body posed with the right knee raised in royal ease on a fantastic
                                                             rock base that rises on one side to support her left hand holding
                                                             a scroll and an alms bowl on the other, the back stamped Xuande
                                                             above an unclear oval seal.
                                                             11 1/4in (28.5cm) high

                                                             $2,000 - 3,000
           6233
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                                                             A DEHUA STANDING FIGURE OF THE ‘FISH BASKET’
                                                             GUANYIN
                                                             Bo ji yu ren mark, 19th century
                                                             Posed standing on a rocky plinth emerging from waves, a pearl-
                                                             trimmed crown securing a veil across her elaborately arranged
                                                             hair and a bead necklace applied between the folds of her layered
                                                             garments as she looks serenely down upon a fish-filled basket held in
                                                             her right hand, the reverse stamped with a double gourd Dehua seal
                                                             above the square bo ji yu ren seal and all surfaces except the foot
                                                             pad covered with a lustrous glaze.
                                                             16 1/2in (42cm) high
                                                             $2,000 - 3,000

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                                                             A PAIR OF WHITE PORCELAIN FEMALE ATTENDANT FIGURES
                                                             Each dressed in flowing robes with elaborately arranged coiffures,
                                                             holding a lotus flower and leaf as she stands on an open leaf rising
                                                             on a stand fronted with waves and lotus plants (one figure chipped);
                                                             each now attached to a wood stand for use as a lamp fixture.
                                                             16 1/2in (42cm) height of porcelain
                                                             19 7/8in (50.5cm) height including stand
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                                                             $1,000 - 1,500
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