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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. GREGORY DAHLEN, JR. PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
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A SMALL WUCAI EXPORT PORCELAIN SAUCER DISH A POLYCHROME ENAMELED PORCELAIN PLAQUE TABLE
Kangxi period SCREEN
Its flaring walls molded in the shape of chrysanthemum petals and Depicting a bird on a flowering branch and bearing an inscription and
painted in bright enamels with birds, flowering branches and rocks seals reminiscent of the work of Liu Yucen (1904-1969).
that repeat in a central medallion within a double ring border drawn 13 3/4in (35cm) visible height of porcelain
in underglaze blue, the reverse enameled with floral sprays and the
recessed base painted in underglaze blue with double ring enclosing $1,000 - 1,500
a potter’s mark (repaired and repainted).
5 1/4in (13.4cm) diameter Provenance
Bonhams, San Francisco sale 23488, 20 Dec 2016, lot 9383
$1,200 - 1,800
6266
6262
A LARGE QIANJIANGCAI ENAMELED OVOID VASE
TWO WUCAI-DECORATED MONTH CUPS Guangxu mark
Kangxi marks, late Qing/Republic period Thickly potted with applied elephant head handles painted in iron
Each thinly potted and of inverted bell form, one painted with yellow red, pale enamels depicting a bird on a branch rising amid autumn
blossoms on two gnarled apricot trees, the other with orchids in chrysanthemums and reversed by a small vignette of One Hundred
bloom around a garden rock, each reversed by a fourteen-character Antiques, the inscriptions bearing the signature Wang Zhang and a
poem followed by the character shang and the recessed base cyclical date wuzi (1888), the recessed base within the flared foot
bearing the six-character mark in underglaze blue standard script bearing a stamped six-character mark in iron red seal script.
(one cup with hairline crack, one cup broken and re-stuck). 16 3/4in (42.5cm) high
2 5/8in (6.6cm) diameter
$1,500 - 2,500
$3,000 - 5,000
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTION
A PAIR OF SMALL FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASES
Qianlong marks, 20th century
6263 Each of ovoid form with a waisted neck, painted with mirror images
A GROUP OF THREE SMALL POLYCHROME ENAMELED of mandarin ducks swimming amid flowering lotus plants, the
CONTAINERS recessed base within the tall foot bearing the six-character mark in
Including a pair of eggshell porcelain shallow bowls, painted with underglaze blue seal script.
mirror images of an eagle on a rock facing the sun rising above 6 1/4in (16cm) high
waves on the exterior walls; the third an ovoid bird feeder painted in
overglaze blue and iron red with bats and clouds, the curving base $1,500 - 2,500
bearing a four-character Qianlong mark in iron red standard script,
with attached wood bar (wear to enamels). Provenance
3in (7.8cm) diameter of bowls purchased from Bonhams, Knightsbridge, sale 24109, 8 May 2017,
lot 252
$800 - 1,200
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A GROUP OF SIX ENAMELED PORCELAIN WALL VASES
Late Qing/Republic period
Including a pair of attenuated baluster silhouette with handles at the
neck, painted in gilt outline with a landscape on the iron red ground,
a third vase of compressed baluster form painted with gilt circular
roundels on an iron red ground (rim retouched and chips); another
pair of attenuated baluster silhouette with handles at the neck,
painted in famille rose enamels with an imperial figure and his fan
bearer standing before a balustrade; the sixth and largest painted
with an inscription and flowers in famille rose enamels, the recessed
base bearing a six-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue seal
script.
4 1/2, 5 5/8 and 6 7/8in (11.5, 14.3 and 17.5cm) high

$1,500 - 2,000

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