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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A GENTLEMAN PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A GENTLEMAN
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A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED OVOID VASE WITH MILLEFLEUR A GROUP OF FOUR TURQUOISE GROUND DISHES WITH
DECORATION FAMILLE ROSE ENAMEL DECORATION
Qianlong mark, Republic period Dayazhai marks, Republic period
The band along the rolled rim on the short neck and the bat-shaped Each molded with a flared rim to the curving well and painted in soft
handles on the shoulder painted in iron red in contrast to the subtle colors with a magpie perched amid wisteria and roses in bloom on the
colors of the overlapping flowers and leaves against the gilt ground on turquoise ground also inscribed in iron red with the characters tian di yi
the curving walls, the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in jia chun in an oval reserve to the left of the three characters Dayazhai,
iron red and gilt seal script on the colorless glaze (gilt worn). the reverse painted in iron red with three bats and the recessed base
13 3/4in (35cm) high centered with four the characters yong qing chang chun (two dishes
chipped and cracked).
US$2,000 - 3,000 7 1/8in (18.2cm) diameter
US$1,500 - 2,500
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
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A PAIR OF RUBY RED GROUND VASES WITH MILLEFLEUR
DECORATION 5148
Republic period A PAIR OF IRON RED AND GILT-DECORATED PORCELAIN
Each of baluster form with stylized dragon handles in blue and white VASES
enamel, the walls covered with pale colored flower heads in contrast Each gently shaped vase painted in shades of iron red, with black and
to the ruby red ground enlivened with opaque white tendrils, the neck gilt highlights to depict mirror images of elaborately costumed figures
and base finished in pale turquoise enamel (bases drilled through iron possibly meant as tribute bearers carrying exotic objects, the neck and
red reign mark). shoulder filled with bats, vertical lappets, ruyi-heads, and floral bands,
13 3/8in (34cm) High the concave base bearing a four-character Qianlong mark.
11in (28cm) high
US$1,200 - 1,800
US$1,000 - 1,500
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CONTAINERS A PAIR OF LIDDED FOOD STORAGE VESSELS WITH
Republic period POLYCHROME DECORATION
The first a slender bottle vase covered on the exterior with a millefleur Republic period
pattern, the recessed base bearing a six-character Qianlong mark in Each molded with a full rounded body and pairs of loops applied to
blue enamel seal script; and three sets of chrysanthemum-shaped hold now-lost metal bail handles, the walls painted in bright colors with
bowls, lids and ring stands, each section of the set painted with mirror designs of roosters amid flowering branches and reversed by
butterflies, birds, flowering branches and a garden rock, the recessed butterflies and field grass, the recessed bases stamped in red with a
base of the bowl and recessed finial on the lid bearing a six-character four-character maker’s mark, the domed covers similarly painted and
Xianfeng mark in iron red seal script. [4] topped with fu-lion finials.
5 1/8in (13cm) height of vase 8 1/4in (21cm) diameter of the lid
4 1/8in (10.5cm) diameter of ring stands 8 1/4in (21cm) height including lid

US$1,000 - 1,500 US$1,000 - 1,500

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