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ENAMELED WARES 5111
A BLACK AND GREEN ENAMELED LONG NECKED VASE
Kangxi mark
5108 The flower heads and leafy tendrils on the waisted neck and shoulder,
A POWDER BLUE AND IRON RED-DECORATED BALUSTER the dragon and phoenix band on the globular body and leiwen band
VASE on the tall foot all painted in reserve with black enamel and colored
Late Qing/Republic period with green enamel over a colorless glaze visible on the interior and
Thinly potted with a cupped rim, cylindrical neck and body tapering the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in underglaze blue
inward to the short foot, painted in iron red to depict carp with black- standard script inscribed within a double ring.
painted eyes swimming against a mottled cobalt blue ground on 15 3/8in (39cm) high
the exterior walls, the recessed base bearing the six-character mark
inscribed in underglaze blue standard script within a double ring
(repaired and repainted). US$700 - 900
17 1/8in (43.5cm) high
5112
US$1,200 - 1,800 A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE ENAMELED PHOENIX-TAIL VASES
Late Qing/Republic period
Each molded with a tall trumpet neck and body of inverted pear shape,
5109 painted with mirror images of birds perched on flowering branches and
A FAMILLE VERTE ENAMELED STICK NECK VASE fantastic garden rocks against a bright leaf green ground, the recessed
Kangxi mark, late Qing/Republic period base stamped CHINA in red within a double ring drawn in underglaze
Its tall cylindrical neck and globular body surrounded by horses, blue.
auspicious emblems and flowers floating on a ground of swirling waves 18in (45.5cm) high
outlined in black and colored in vivid enamels, the recessed base
bearing the six-character mark inscribed in underglaze blue standard
script within a double ring (base drilled). US$1,000 - 1,500
16 1/2in (42cm) high
5113
US$1,000 - 1,500 TWO POLYCHROME ENAMELED VASES
Late Qing/Republic period
The first a wucai enameled sleeve vase painted with horizontal bands
5110 of flying phoenixes, flowers and leaves, a wide foot ring surrounding
A FAMILLE VERTE ENAMELED GU-FORM VASE a small circular recess bearing a four-character Kangxi mark in
19th century underglaze blue beneath a colorless glaze; the second a baluster vase
Painted in the typical palette with pale green enamel predominating painted in similar hues and overglaze blue with a pond scene of fishes,
in the garden settings for officials enjoying tea around a garden table crab and water plants, a double ring drawn on the recess base in
below the flaring rim of the long neck, beauties engaged in a game underglaze blue beneath the colorless glaze.
of weiqi while children play in the background of the convex middle 14 1/4 and 16in (36.2 and 40.5cm) high
area and two beauties listening to music played on a qin by a scholar
seated at a garden window around the flared foot (wear to enamels).
18in (45.7cm) high US$1,500 - 2,500

US$4,000 - 6,000

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