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5135
TWO FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED CONTAINERS
Late Qing/Republic period
The first a three-tier stacked food container with lid, wire bail handles
on the side walls painted with insects and flowers, a metal ring finial on
the cover painted with birds, garden rock and flowers (hairline crack
to cover); and a small rectangular planter and underdish with indented
corners, the side walls painted with bids, garden rocks and flowers,
both undersides stamped China in red and the underdish bearing a
six-character Qianlong mark painted in iron red seal script.
8 1/8 x 7 3/4in (20.5 x 19.5cm) height and diameter of container
4 7/8in (12.3cm) length of planter

US$800 - 1,200
5136
A POLYCHROME ENAMELED ARCHAISTIC COVERED FOOD
VESSEL
Late Qing/Republic period
Molded with a pair of handles on the wide body raised on a tall foot,
the domed cover molded with a conical finial, the exterior surfaces
and the recessed base glazed in a spattered technique of green over
yellow enamel, the cover front intriguingly inscribed in blue enamel,
perhaps reading dui ji si Shang [ji si possibly meant as 1869 or 1929]
(chipped, finial edge retouched).
7 1/2in (19cm) length across the handle

5133
US$1,200 - 1,800

PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS

5133 5137
AN ENAMELED YELLOW GROUND MINIATURE STICK NECK TWO FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED BALUSTER VASES
VASE, TIANQIUPING Qianlong marks, 20th century
Qianlong mark, Republic period The first painted in bright colors with a raft of immortals riding the
Painted in bright colors with jeweled pendants on a rose enamel waves above a lime green ground, the recessed base bearing the
ground within descending cloud collar bands along the upper neck six-character mark in iron red seal script surrounded by pale turquoise
and the shoulder, the rich yellow enamel on the remaining surfaces enamel also applied within the neck (hairline crack); the second
forming the background to further floral stems, auspicious double lotus painted with in pale colors with children playing among fantastic rocks
blossoms and leaf scrolls, a pale green enamel applied on the interior and a tree in an edited garden setting, the recessed base within the
neck and the recessed base centered with a square reserve bearing tall canted foot bearing the four-character mark inscribed iron red
the six-character mark in underglaze blue seal script. standard script enclosed four conjoined squares.
5 7/8in (15cm) high 13 and 16 1/8 in (33.02 and 40.97cm) high

US$5,000 - 8,000 US$1,200 - 1,800

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JESSE MILES LEWIS 5138
A FAMILLE VERTE ROULEAU VASE
5134 Late Qing/Republic period
Molded with a flat rim, cylindrical neck and canted shoulder, painted
TWO BOWLS WITH FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED INSECTS AND in black outline and the traditional palette with opposing rectangular
FLOWERS reserves of birds and flowering branches separated by smaller oval
Daoguang marks, late Qing/Republic period
The first of circular form with ribbed walls of chrysanthemum flower reserves in a ground of tiny cloud forms, flowers and leafy stems
(drilled and mounted as a lamp).
shape, painted with insects perched on flowering branches along the
exterior walls and a peach branch roundel centering the interior well, 18in (45.7cm) height of porcelain
the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in iron red seal
script; the second of octagonal form, the exterior walls painted in detail US$800 - 1,200
with insects, flowering branches and a garden rock, the recessed base
also bearing the six-character mark in iron red seal script (both with
some wear to gilt and enamels).
7 1/4 and 5 1/4in (18.5 and 13.3cm) diameters

US$800 - 1,200

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