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A SMALL FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED DRUM-SHAPED STAND TWO LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED PLANTERS
20th century Late Qing Dynasty
The top and sides cut with cash-patterned openings surrounded by Of similar size and decoration, with a canted rim above the curving
insects, flowering and fruiting branches picked out in bright colors walls painted with two opposing shaped reserves of a beauty visited
against the olive green ground, the foot and recessed base left by a scholar accompanied by his horse and groom, the reserves
unglazed. on the shorter planter surrounded by blossoms and lingzhi fungus
6 3/8in (16.2cm) high branches, the reserves on the taller planter separated by smaller
reserves set amid flowering branches, a drainage hole in each planter
US$800 - 1,200 centering the unglazed recessed base (wear and staining from use,
lacking underdishes).
17 5/8 and 18 1/4in (44.7 and 46.3cm) height
5163 20 3/4 and 20 5/8in (52.7 and 52.4cm) diameter
A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED BASIN
Late Qing dynasty US$6,000 - 8,000
Painted with flowers and fruits on the canted rim, a continuous
landscape around the curving interior walls and two beauties standing
in a garden on the floor of the well, the reverse painted with iron red 5165
bamboo branches. A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED PLANTER
14 7/8in (37.8cm) diameter Republic period
Of fish bowl form with a rolled rim and full body curving inward above
US$1,200 - 1,800 the unglazed foot pad and recessed base, the exterior walls divided
into four shaped panels filled with colorful fruit and flowers arranged
in iron red-painted baskets separated by smaller reserve panels
surrounded by butterflies and flowering branches (minor wear and
flaking to enamels).
18 1/2in (47cm) diameter

US$2,000 - 3,000

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