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A POLYCHROME AND GILT ENAMELED VASE WITH APPLIED A POLYCHROME ENAMELED BOWL WITH TREE PEONY
DECORATION DECORATION
Late Qing/Republic period Daoguang mark, late Qing/Republic period
Of octagonal section and baluster shape, with miniature depictions of Molded with a flared rim and painted on the exterior walls with
precious objects applied in raised relief and picked out in famille rose flowering tree peony branches that continue onto the interior walls
enamels against an iron red ground with an elaborate diaper pattern below two bats in flight, the recessed base bearing the six-character
drawn in gilt outline (extensive damage and repair); now drilled and mark in iron red seal script (hairline cracks).
mounted as a lamp. 5 1/2in (14cm) diameter
22 1/4in (56.5cm) height of porcelain
23 1/2in (60cm) height with wood stand $1,200 - 1,800

$800 - 1,200 6326
A FENCAI ENAMELED DOUBLE-BAT BOWL
6322 Daoguang mark, late Qing/Republic period
A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED TWO-SECTION LAMP Of oval shape with turquoise enamel covering the shallow curving
Republic period well and handles in the shape of bat heads facing inward with wings
The thinly molded ovoid shade painted with three circular reserves spread in relief, each painted in gilt and iron red against the blue
of a court beauty, servants, and a young scholar crawling over a wall enameled waves on the exterior walls, the recessed base bearing
based on an illustrated novel, the reserves surrounded by flower and the six-character mark in iron red seal script in a reserve within the
leaf sprays on a dark rose enamel ground that repeats on the waisted turquoise enamel ground.
stand. 6 3/4in (17cm) long
12in (30.5cm) high
$1,000 - 1,500
$400 - 600
6327
Provenance A PAIR OF POLYCHROME ENAMELED HEXAGONAL VASES
by repute, purchased in Shanghai in the 1920s by George Coleman Late Qing/Republic period
of New York and thence, by descent, to his grandson Each of faceted baluster form painted with pale blue enamel on the
interior neck, the pomegranate fruit and branch handles applied
6323 above mirror images of beauties and children in a garden rendered in
A POLYCHROME ENAMELED OVOID VASE black outline and pale enamels of the famille rose palette, the deeply
Depicting two travelers peering at a pavilion surmounting the top recessed base left unglazed (minor chips); each base now fitted with
of a lengthy stairway wending through a lushly forested mountain metal mounts to hold a later wood display stand).
landscape, bearing a seal reading Xu Huanwen (born 1932), the 17in (43cm) height of vases
recessed base unmarked. 19 1/4in (49cm) height with wood stand
5 1/4in (13.3cm) high
$1,000 - 1,500
$1,000 - 1,500

6324
A POLYCHROME ENAMELED STICK NECK VASE
The tall waisted neck supporting opposing ruyi shaped handles
above the globular body covered in bamboo and a lengthy inscription
bearing the signature of Xu Zhongnan and bearing a gengchen date
(equivalent to 1940 or 2000) and bearing seals reading Xu Yin and
Gai, the recessed base bearing a square seal reading hua zhu.
7 3/4in (19.6cm) high

$1,000 - 1,500

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