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TWO MONOCHROME GLAZED VASES
Republic period
The larger of rouleau form with a cupped rim and raised band around
the cylindrical neck, a cobalt wash applied on the exterior and portions
of the interior beneath a colorless glaze also applied across the
recessed base; the smaller a garlic headed vase with pear-shaped
body, the recessed base bearing a six-character Kangxi mark in
underglaze blue standard script beneath the pale greenish-white glaze
applied everywhere except the foot pad.
17 3/4 and 14in (45 and 35.5cm) high

5078 US$1,200 - 1,800

PROPERTY FROM A PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLECTION
5078 5082
TWO CELADON GLAZED CONTAINERS A GROUP OF CERAMIC CONTAINERS
The first a Late Qing export style wash basin with a canted rim and Late Qing/Republic period
wide well, painted in white slip with flowers, fruits and auspicious The first a small blue and white porcelain baluster vase with sharply
emblems against the gray-green ground, the recessed base covered angled shoulder and convex foot; the second a celadon glazed vinegar
with colorless enamels; the second a compressed globular jar with pot of each shape painted with an underglaze red peach above an
rolled rim, short neck and four animal heads supporting mock rings applied leafy branch highlighted in underglaze blue (spout repaired and
on the shoulder, the recessed base bearing a six-character Chenghua retouched); the third an ovoid vase with cylindrical handles applied to
mark in underglaze blue enclosed within a double ring, the foot pad the neck, raised rings along the shoulder and covered with an opaque
finished with dark colored wash (foot pad ground down). pale blue glaze imitating Jun ware (chipped).
13 and 11in (33 and 28cm) diameter 5 1/8 to 7 1/2in (13 to 19cm) high

US$1,000 - 1,500 US$1,000 - 1,500

5079 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF H. LEE TURNER,
TWO CELADON GLAZED CIRCULAR CONTAINERS KANSAS
Late Qing/Republic period
Each recalling Song/Yuan prototypes: the first, a compressed globular
censer with circular bosses along the waist, a cylindrical foot ring and 5083
three conical feet protruding on the base, the pale greenish-white glaze TWO SMALL CONTAINERS WITH SONG STYLE GLAZES
imitating qingbai ware (lacquer repair to rim); the second, a shallow 20th century
The first a rectangular sectioned bottle vase with square neck and
bowl with bosses rising along the rim, a dragon chasing a flaming pearl
and cloud scrolls raised in relief to the well, leiwen and flower petal conforming side handles rising from the body of inverted pear form,
bands impressed to the exterior walls and a pale blue-green glaze the translucent pale blue glaze marked with a dense web of dark craze
imitating Longquan ware. lines imitating Ru ware; the second a small censer of bombé form with
6 1/4 and 6 1/2in (16 and 16.5cm) diameters loop handles in the form of dragon heads, the surfaces covered with a
black-stained web of craze lines in the opaque gray glaze associated
Guan ware (handle chipped).
US$1,500 - 2,000 7in (18cm) height of vase

5080 US$800 - 1,200
A PAIR OF CELADON GLAZED ZUN-FORM VASES
Yongzheng marks, Republic period
Each of square section with an everted rim to the trumpet neck and PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
an upright edge to the conforming foot, the middle section cast with
cut corners, the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in 5084
underglaze blue seal script beneath a gray-green glaze covering all A TRANSMUTATION GLAZED VASE WITH CHILONG HANDLES
surfaces except the foot pad. Yongzheng mark, Republic period
10 1/4in (26cm) high Of baluster shape and rectangular section with canted corners, the
sinuous dragon handles applied on the narrow sides of the waisted
US$2,000 - 3,000 neck, a scarlet red glaze with opalescent blue streaks covering the
exterior and portions of the interior neck, the recessed base bearing a
stamped four-character mark in seal script beneath an ocher colored
glaze, the foot left unglazed (foot chipped).
16 5/8in (42.1cm) high

US$4,000 - 6,000

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