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A WUCAI ENAMELED OVOID JAR A FAMILLE ROSE AND GILT ENAMELED MINIATURE VASE
Late Qing/Republic period Qianlong mark, Republic period
Formed with a rolled rim and cylindrical neck, the body surrounded Of square section and compressed baluster form raised on scalloped
with a battle scene unfolding within a continuous landscape setting corner feet, the exterior walls painted in bright enamels with gilt
drawn in a combination of underglaze blue, polychrome enamels and striping to create a dense field of overlapping flowers and leaves
a few gilt highlights, the recessed base centered with a double ring bordered by cloud collar lappets and jeweled lotus petals, the interior
drawn in underglaze blue. partially covered with turquoise enamel that also surrounds a reserve
13 3/4in (35cm) high on the recessed base bearing the four-character mark in blue enamel
seal script.
$1,000 - 1,500 2 1/4in (5.8cm) high

6269 $1,200 - 1,800
A SGRAFFITO BLUE GROUND VASE WITH FAMILLE ROSE
ENAMEL DECORATION 6273
Yongzheng mark A POLYCHROME ENAMELED CENSER
Of bottle shape with a tall foot, globular body and elongated neck Qianlong mark, Republic period
painted in bright colors with flowering peony branches against Of bombé shape surmounted by opposing flared ear-shaped handles
a bright blue enamel ground incised with a feather pattern, the molded to the thick mouth rim, the compressed globular sides
recessed base bearing the six-character mark in underglaze blue encircled in a continuous riverside landscape, all raised atop three tall
standard script within a colorless glaze. conical feet surrounding the six-character mark in iron red.
15 3/4in (40cm) high 4 1/4in (10.8cm) width over handles

$2,000 - 3,000 $1,200 - 1,800
6270 6274
A WUCAI ENAMELED PORCELAIN BRUSH POT, BITONG A GROUP OF THREE BLUE GROUND POLYCHROME
19th century ENAMELED PORCELAINS
Of cylindrical form, painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels Late Qing/Republic period
to depict a continuous audience scene in a war tent with a soldier Including a pair of cylindrical hat stands with ogival openings cut into
drawing his sword at an official in the presence of a high official and the walls, painted in gilt, opaque white and famille rose enamels on a
his attendants, the activity taking place beneath a ‘cracked ice’ band blue enamel ground with bats and shou characters amid classic lotus
painted in underglaze blue and the russet-burnt rim, the flat base left flowers and leaf scrolls; and a floriform footed dish, similarly painted
unglazed. with storks amid clouds on a dark blue enamel ground, the recessed
8 1/4in (20.8cm) high base bearing a six-character Tongzhi mark in red seal script and an
owner’s mark drilled into the glaze (star crack).
$3,000 - 5,000 11 1/2in (29cm) height of hat stands
9 1/8in (23.3cm) diameter of dish
Provenance
acquired in Cape Town, South Africa in 2011, formerly in the $1,200 - 1,800
collection of the Chairman of the Antique Society of South Africa, by
repute 6275
AN ASSEMBLED GROUP OF SEVEN FENCAI ENAMELED
6271 PORCELAINS
A SET OF NINE FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED NESTING CUPS Including two brush rests modeled as partially unrolled scrolls painted
Tongzhi marks, late Qing/Republic period with birds on flowering branches and lotus plants, each bearing a
Each of the set formed with a flared rim, the eight largest cups four character Shende tang mark in iron red standard script to the
painted on the exterior walls with birds and flowering branches or reverse; the third a dinner plate with flowering branches and insects,
floral sprays opposing inscriptions in black enamel and the smallest bearing on the reverse a four-character Xianfeng mark in iron red
cup similarly painted on the interior, the two largest cups bearing seal script; a pair of conical wine cups with flowering branches on
a six-character mark stamped in seal script on the recessed base the exterior walls growing onto the well, each bearing a six-character
and the remaining cups bearing a similarly stamped two-character Guangxu mark in iron red standard script; the sixth a molded floriform
mark, all in iron red; together with a black and iron red enameled cup saucer painted with an insect and flowering plants, bearing a six-
of similar form painted with scholars viewing a scroll on the exterior character Guangxu mark stamped in red seal script to the base; the
walls and green enamel buds on the interior well, its slightly larger seventh a wide bowl painted on the exterior with flowering branches
size accommodating the set of nine cups. [10] (cracked).
3 7/8in (9.8cm) diameter of largest cup 4 and 3 1/2in (10 and 9cm) length of brush rests
3 5/8 to 9in (9.2 to 23cm) diameter of table ware
$1,000 - 1,500
$1,500 - 2,500
Due to the large number of items in this lot, condition reports and
photographs of individual items in the lot will not be available.

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