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5088
A TRANSMUTATION RED GLAZED
BOTTLE VASE
Late Qing/Republic period
Molded with a cupped rim and raised ribs
imitating a bamboo stalk on the neck and
raised string bands encircling the globular
body supported on a tall foot, the scarlet red
glaze streaked with patches of opalescent
blue and pale olive green along the both sides
of the neck, the foot and recessed base left
unglazed (foot chipped and retouched).
15in (38cm) high

US$1,500 - 2,000

5089
A TRANSMUTATION RED BALUSTER
GLAZED VASE
Late Qing/Republic period
Thickly potted with a long waisted neck and
compressed globular body above a canted
5084A foot, the mottled crimson glaze showing
patches of translucent olive hue where thinly
applied (now affixed to a wood stand).
13in (33cm) height of vase
15 12in (39.3cm) height including wood stand
PROPERTY FROM THE PORTLAND ART 5086
MUSEUM, PORTLAND, OREGON TWO SMALL PORCELAIN VESSELS US$1,000 - 1,500
Late Qing/Republic period
5084A The first a sky-blue glazed vase of elongated PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
baluster form, bearing a six-character Kangxi
A CELADON GLAZED CENSER mark in underglaze regular script to the deeply JESSE MILES LEWIS
18th century recessed base (repaired); the second a bell-
Thickly molded with a cupped rim, the flared shaped peach bloom-glazed miniature water 5090
strap handles rising along the waisted neck coupe bearing a six-character Qianlong mark
and canted shoulder of a globular body raised inscribed in underglaze blue standard script A GROUP OF SIX PREDOMINANTLY
on a tall waisted foot, the olive green glaze MONOCHROME GLAZED CERAMICS
covering most surfaces but burnt cinnamon within a double ring. Late Qing/Republic period
6 5/8 and 2in (17 and 5cm) high
The first a celadon glazed rectangular planter
brown where thinly applied on the inside and with foliate rim and conforming low walls; a
outside edges of the unglazed foot pad (one pair of celadon glazed bowls with flower and
handle re-stuck). US$600 - 800 leaf patterns impressed across the well and
9 1/4in (23.5cm) length across censer handles exterior walls, the foot and recessed base
5087 unglazed, the base also stamped China in
US$1,000 - 1,500 TWO PEACH BLOOM VASES red; the fourth a large deep dish molded in ten
Kangxi marks, 20th century lobes with conforming barbed rim, enameled
Each molded with a flared rim on a waisted in robin’s egg blue across the front and in
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS neck and an elongated conical body, the glaze pale turquoise across the underside; and two
on the taller vase of mottled reddish-gray hue, celadon glazed dishes with underglaze blue
5085 the shorter vase displaying some leaf green decoration, the circular dish with landscape
A TRANSMUTATION RED GLAZED patches in the strawberry red glaze layer, both decoration bearing a six-character Qianlong
BOTTLE VASE bearing the six-character mark in underglaze mark in underglaze blue seal script on the
Late Qing/Republic period blue within the deeply recessed base (smaller recessed base, the square saucer with flower
Molded with a cupped rim and raised ribs vase repaired and retouched). and leaf scrolls across the well and a key
imitating a bamboo stalk on the neck and 6 and 5 3/4in (15 and 14.5cm) high fret band painted on the flat rim (chipped);
raised string bands encircling the globular together with a large pale blue-green
body supported on a tall foot, the scarlet red US$1,000 - 1,200 enameled pottery charger of uncertain origin
glaze streaked with patches of opalescent fired on spurs (foot pad polished in places). [7]
blue and pale olive green along the both sides 14 3/4in (37.5cm) diameter of ten-lobed dish
of the neck, the recessed base covered with a 17in (43cm) diameter of glazed pottery
colorless glaze (production chips to unglazed charger
foot pad).
15in (38cm) high US$2,000 - 3,000
US$3,000 - 4,000

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