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PROPERTY FROM A PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLECTOR
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TWO SMALL BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAINS A MING STYLE BLUE AND WHITE DEEP DISH
Late Qing/Republic period 18th century
The first a cylindrical bird feeder painted with a sage in a cloud- Sturdily potted rounded sides and a lipped rim, painted with shades
surrounded mountainous setting, one side with a small circular loop, of underglaze blue in a ‘heaped and piled’ technique with composite
mounted with a faux wood fixture for attaching to a bird case, the flower heads issuing from twisting leafy stems in a center roundel
underside centered with an artemisia leaf mark; the second a soft framed by a classic leaf scroll band and repeating below a key-fret
paste circular covered box, painted in underglaze blue on crackled meander along the cavetto and exterior walls, the celadon-tinged
glaze with a bearded scholar and his attendants in a courtyard to the glaze stopping along the base of the foot to expose the unglazed
top, and a flock of birds flying near a range of mountain peaks above white fabric across the foot pad and recessed base (repaired and
the low circular foot ring enclosing an artemisia leaf symbol painted repainted).
to the center of the base, the rims and the foot pad washed in brown 14 1/4in (36.2cm) diameter
(both with chips and small firing cracks).
3 1/4in (8.3cm) diameter of seal paste box
1/8in (5.4cm) height of bird feeder $1,000 - 1,500

$1,000 - 1,500 6252
TWO BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN WINE CUPS
Provenance Kangxi marks
Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield Each painted in shades of underglaze blue with mirror images of the
HeHe twins, one carrying a covered basket while the other holds
Bird feeder: a lotus flower as he rests upon a hillside rock, the recessed base
Crane Gallery, Seattle, Washington, acquired 2006 bearing the six-character mark in underglaze blue regular script
Seal paste box and cover: inscribed within a double ring.
a Minneapolis Estate 2 5/8in (6.6cm) diameter
Jeremy Moore Antiques, Minneapolis, Minnesota, acquired 28th June
2003
$2,000 - 3,000
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A GENTLEMAN 6253
6248 A PAIR OF CELADON GLAZED VASES WITH UNDERGLAZE
BLUE AND WHITE SLIP DECORATION
A GROUP OF BOWLS AND CUPS DECORATED WITH BATS Late Qing/Republic period
AND CLOUDS Each stoutly potted with an upright rim, a pair of handles on the
Republic period waisted neck molded as squared C-scrolls colored in cobalt wash,
Including three bowls, each decorated in underglaze blue only with the elongated bodies painted with mirror images of birds perched on
clouds surrounding five bats on the exterior and one bat on the willow branches rising amid garden rocks and seasonal blossoms
interior, each bearing a six-character Kangxi mark in standard script rendered in underglaze blue and highlighted in white slip beneath a
(two with damage); and four small cups with flared rims, each painted gray-green glaze on the exterior walls, the interior of the vase and the
with underglaze blue cloud scrolls surrounding three iron red bats on
the exterior and a fourth bat on the interior well, each bearing a six- recessed base covered with a colorless glaze (one vase chipped).
22 3/4in (58cm) high
character Guangxu mark in underglaze blue (one cup cracked).
5 and 2 5/8in (12.8 and 6.7cm) diameters
$1,200 - 1,800
$2,000 - 3,000

PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS ENAMELED WARE
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TWO BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAINS A GROUP OF THREE PORCELAIN PLAQUES
The first an 18th century wide-mouthed stem cup with a flared rim, Including two of open fan form, each painted in underglaze blue with
strap dragons painted to the exterior walls above a lotus petal band a bird and flowering plants (minor chips); the third of rectangular form
that repeats on the dish-shaped foot and additional designs on the with an oval reserve of birds and flowering branches surrounded by a
cylindrical stem; the second a rectangular brush rest in the shape of
a brocade-covered set of books, the flat base fired on kiln spurs and millefleur ground rendered in famille rose enamels.
bearing a six-character Qianlong mark in seal script (base damaged). 11 1/4in (28.5cm) width of each fan panel
3in (7.7cm) height of stem cup 8 1/8 x 5 1/8in (20.7 x 13cm) the third plaque
2 1/8in (5.4cm) length of brush rest
$800 - 1,200
$700 - 900
6250
A BLUE AND WHITE TWO-SECTION GU-FORM VASE
Qianlong mark
The upper trumpet neck section painted with a vase, canopy, twin
fish and lotus surrounded by composite lotus blossoms and leafy
sprays, the lower section of a central knob above a bell-shaped
foot showing the flaming wheel, conch shell, umbrella and endless
knot that complete the bajixiang theme amid further composite lotus
flowers and leafy branches, the lower edge of the deeply hollowed
foot bearing the six-character mark in a single row of seal script
drawn in underglaze blue (chipped, retouched).
12 3/8in (31.5cm) high

$1,500 - 2,500
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