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TWO BLUE AND WHITE VASES A PAIR OF BLUE GLAZED PORCELAIN GARDEN SEATS WITH
Late Qing/Republic period WHITE SLIP DECORATION
The larger of gu-shape with elongated trumpet neck and globular body Late Qing/Republic period
painted with a cityscape, the recessed base inscribed nei fu zhi zuo in Each of barrel form with cash-patterned openings cut into the top
standard script within a double square (chipped); the smaller of stick and side walls, the blue ground decorated with seasonal flowering
neck form painted with a rural scene (chipped). branches applied in white slip over a colorless glaze, the curving foot
17 5/8 and 13 1/2in (44.7 and 34.3cm) high pad and concave base ring without glaze.
13 1/2in (34.3cm) high
US$1,200 - 1,800
US$1,000 - 1,500
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TWO BLUE AND WHITE JARS 5106
The first, late Qing dynasty, of narrow baluster form painted with A BLUE AND WHITE PLANTER
a continuous scene of a city wall rising from a river bank, the base Late Qing/Republic period
bearing a four-character Kangxi mark, the conforming cover topped Molded with a raised edge to the wide rim, the exterior walls painted
with an animal finial (broken and re-stuck); the second a compressed in cobalt with narrow bands of cloud collar lappets above and lotus
ovoid jar painted with a continuous landscape peopled with sages, petals below a wider central band of facing dragons drawn in squared
female attendants and officials, the recessed base bearing a mark in C-scrolls, the interior walls glazed and centered with a circular drainage
standard script reading da Ming Kangxi nian zhi. hole through the base, the surfaces of the foot pad an exterior base
15 3/8in (39cm) height of first jar and cover without (lacking drip pan).
12 1/4in (31cm) height of second jar 15 1/2in (39.5cm) diameter

US$800 - 1,200 US$1,000 - 1,500
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A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN XIANGQI GAME A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN STANDS
The rectangular board raised on four corner feet and the playing Late Qing/Republic period
surface elaborately painted with opposing figure panels separating Each constructed the form of an Eight Immortals table with upright
inscribed panels; the thirty-two game markers inscribed in underglaze legs, the square top painted in underglaze blue with flower and leaf
blue and copper red characters. scrolls framing a shou medallion and also highlighting the double-ring
2 1/2 x 16 3/4 x 13 3/8in (6.5 x 42.5 x 34cm) the board spacers that form the aprons (firing cracks, repaired).
5 1/2 x 7 5/8in (14 x 19.5cm) square
US$1,500 - 2,500
US$2,000 - 3,000

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