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6289
A POLYCHROME ENAMELED SET OF THE THREE STAR GODS
Each figure portrayed dressed in layered robes with stamped
decorations holding their respective attributes, Fu, the god of
happiness holding a ruyi scepter symbolizing all wishes coming
through, Lu the god of emoluments holding a scroll symbolizing
an official career, and Shou, the god of longevity holding a peach
symbolizing long life, the wings on Fu’s hat and the top of Shou’s
staff detachable (small losses).
21 1/4in (54cm) height of tallest
$2,000 - 3,000

6290
AN ASSEMBLED GROUP OF SEVEN POLYCHROME
ENAMELED TABLE AND DESK WARES
Late Qing/Republic period
The table ware including a pair of square-sectioned cups with
indented corners painted with a boating excursion to a river village,
each base bearing four-character Daoguang mark in red seal script
(both repaired and retouched); the third a covered teapot of flattened
globular form with a river village landscape painted in bright colors,
the base bearing a four-character Tongzhi mark in red seal script; the
fourth a covered food storage vessel painted with figures, the base
6289 of the bowl bearing a stamped Qianlong mark and the finial on the
lid bearing a stamped Tongzhi mark (repaired and retouched); the
desk accessories including a cylindrical brush pot with qianjiangcai
enameled landscape; a compressed globular water coupe painted
with a landscape in qianjiangcai enamels and black-painted
inscription, goldfish swimming across the floor of the well and
stamped jin yu jen cang in red on the base; the seventh a rectangular
brush rest painted with an immortal, attendants and a crane across
the stepped top.
5 3/8in (13.5cm) height of covered food container
5 1/2in diameter of brush washer

$2,500 - 4,000
6291
A PAIR OF PORCELAIN PLATES, TRANSFER-PRINTED WITH A
PAINTING BY ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Taiwan, late 20th century
Each printed in color with bamboo, lingzhi fungus and narcissus
surrounding a garden rock, inscribed Zhi xian zhu shou with the date
Republic 66th year (1977) second month, and colophon bearing the
signature Zhang Daqian Yuan and three seals; the reverse printed
with the manufacturer’s seal Datong ciqi.
6290 14 1/2in (36.7cm) diameter
$1,000 - 1,500
The plants and garden rock combine to form a rebus in Chinese for
congratulations on a birthday: see Terese Tse Bartholomew, Hidden
Meanings in Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 189, no. 7.25.4.
6292
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE AND TURQUOISE ENAMELED
VASES
Zhan Si Tang zhi marks, 20th century
Each constructed with gilt handles on the waisted neck that
surmount shoulders encircled by a key-fret border, the ovoid
body covered in a turquoise enamel ground and decorated with
scrolling lotus motifs interspersed with fruiting peach branches,
small blossoms, and double happiness symbol, the recessed base
bearing the four-character mark in iron red in a reserve centering the
turquoise enamel applied to the recessed base.
13in (33cm) high

$3,000 - 5,000
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