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5120 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF 5125
A PAIR OF ROSE SGRAFFITO-GROUND JESSE MILES LEWIS A GROUP OF THREE FOOTED BOWLS
DISHES WITH CIRCULAR RESERVES DECORATED IN FAMILLE ROSE
Yongzheng marks, Republic period ENAMELS
Each dish thinly molded with a flared rim to 5123 Tongzhi marks, late Qing/Republic period
the curving well, the four reserves filled with A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED DISH The largest of hexagonal section painted
Tongzhi mark, late Qing/Republic period
insects and seasonal blossoms rendered Thickly molded with a foliate rim and on the exterior with a pair of magpies on
in famille rose enamels and surrounded by conforming ribs to the shallow well painted a garden rock amid blossoms, turquoise
the rose enamel ground incised with further enamel covering the interior well and the
blossoms and leaves, the rim banded in gilt with ribboned attributes of the Eight Immortals deeply recessed foot bearing a stamped six-
and a floral medallion at the center of the well,
and the recessed base bearing the four- the reverse painted with four floral sprays and character mark in seal script; and a pair of
character mark in blue enamel seal script the recessed base bearing the six-character five-lobed floriform bowls, each painted with
(wear to gilt and enamels). mark in iron red seal script inscribed within a pheasants, garden rocks and flowers on the
7 1/4in (18.5cm) diameter double square. exterior walls, turquoise enamel covering the
9 5/8in (24.5cm) diameter interior well and the recessed base bearing
a six-character mark painted in iron red seal
US$3,000 - 5,000 script (all with wear to gilt and turquoise
US$800 - 1,200 enamels).
5121 8 1/2 and 4 3/4in (21.5 and 12cm) diameters
A YELLOW GROUND VASE WITH 5124
FAMILLE ROSE ENAMEL DECORATION US$800 - 1,200
Qianlong mark, Republic period TWO FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED BOWLS
Tongzhi marks, late Qing/Republic period
Its wide body painted in bright enamels with The first a footed bowl of square section with PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE
palace children celebrating the New Year COLLECTION, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
as they play amid three auspicious rams in canted corners enameled on the exterior with
flowering branches against a brocade pattern
a garden setting below a waisted neck with on a turquoise enamel ground that also 5126
two handles and floral devices painted en covers the interior well and the recessed base A DOUCAI BOWL
suite against a yellow ground, the concave bearing the six-character mark in iron red seal Qianlong mark, Republic period
base bearing the four-character mark in blue Of ‘horse-hoof’ or mati shape, the everted
enamel and China scratched on a pale green script (chipped); the second of square section, rim surmounting tapered sides covered in
the canted walls painted with composite
ground that also covers the inside neck (minor lotus flowers and leaf sprays against a yellow colorful bush roundels and pomegranates, the
chip). ground, turquoise enamel covering the interior recessed base bearing the six-character mark
9 1/8in 23.2cm) high in underglaze cobalt.
well, the recessed base bearing the six- 6in (15.25cm) diameter
character mark painted in iron red seal script
US$1,000 - 1,500 on the colorless glazed ground. US$800 - 1,200
6 5/8 and 3 3/4in (16.7 and 9.4cm) square
5122 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
A SMALL BALUSTER VASE WITH US$800 - 1,200 5127
FAMILLE ROSE ENAMEL DECORATION
OF 100 CHILDREN AT PLAY A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED
Qianlong mark, 20th century AUSPICIOUS PEACHES DISH
Carefully potted with a cupped rim, waisted Yongheng mark, 20th century
The wide shallow well painted in iron red and
neck and body of inverted pear form, painted
in bright colors and delicate outline with young brilliantly hued enamels with bats hovering
over branches laden with five auspicious
boys in princely attire celebrating with lanterns peaches and delicate leaves, the exterior walls
and musical instruments and reversed by a covered with three additional peaches and the
fourteen-character poem in black enamel with recessed base bearing the six-character mark
red seals, the recessed base bearing the four- in underglaze blue.
character mark in blue enamel (chip to rim). 8in (20.3cm) diameter
7 1/8in (18cm) high
US$800 - 1,200
US$1,000 - 1,500

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