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A MILLEFLEUR AND GILT DECORATED VASE
Qianlong mark, late Qing/Republic period
Of square section with a waisted neck, concave shoulder and indented
corners to the tapering walls, painted in brilliant hues with flower heads
and leaves on a gilt ground and accented with some line incising, the
turquoise enamel within the neck also applied on the recessed base
surrounding the four-character mark in blue enamel standard script.
10 1/4in (26cm) high

$2,500 - 4,000

994
A FOUR-SECTION POLYCHROME ENAMELED PORCELAIN
REVOLVING VASE AND WOOD SUPPORT STAND
Qianlong mark, Republic period
Composed of an interior cylinder painted in famille rose enamels with
the Eight Immortals standing amid clouds that fits into the reticulated
ovoid body, both sections supporting a waisted neck section above
and resting on a waisted base below, the three exterior pieces painted
in a yellow enamel ground incised with curling leaves that surrounds
shaped reserves of Shoulao reversed by the Three Stars of Happiness
on the neck, more images of the Eight Immortals in raised relief and
colored in bright enamels on the openwork body and brightly hued 994
decorative bands encircling the waisted base, its recessed underside
bearing the six-character mark in iron red seal script surrounded by
turquoise enamel, the turquoise enamel also trimming the openwork
on the body and coloring the interior surface of the neck; the four
porcelain sections, in turn, supported on the original reticulated wood
display stand marked China in white pigment. [5]
17 1/4in (44cm) height of porcelain vase
18 7/8in (48cm) height including wood stand

$12,000 - 18,000

995
TWO FLOWER-DECORATED PORCELAIN CUPS
Qianlong marks, Republic period
Each molded with a flared rim and walls canting inward above a short
foot, one bowl painted on the interior floor and exterior walls with pink
and greenish white prunus branches reversed by a five-character
inscription with the oval seal ren hua and two square seals reading de
gao and zhi yuan in red, the base bearing the four-character mark in
blue enamel surrounded by a ground of turquoise enamel; the second
bowl similarly enameled with peony, mallow and flowering branches
that repeat on the interior, inscribed with a different five-character
poem but with the same three seals and the base enameled en suite.
3 3/8in (8.6cm) diameter

$2,000 - 3,000
995

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