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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
EMMANUEL GRAN, BY DESCENT
9109
AN ALTERED LONGQUAN MALLET VASE
Ming dynasty or earlier
Its mouth and neck area removed at some
time in the past, the preserved lower neck
and body with canted shoulder showing a
gray-green glaze of slightly uneven color
that also covers the interior surfaces of the
recessed base, the exposed clay along the
foot showing areas of pale russet burn (foot
area chipped).
7 1/4in (18.5cm) high
9107 US$1,500 - 2,500
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
EARLY CHINESE CERAMICS PROPERTY FROM THE JOYCE B. 9110
DOHENY TRUST A LARGE LONGQUAN CELADON DISH
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS Ming dynasty
9107 With broadly sloping sides, the interior carved
9105 A CHESTNUT GLAZED MODEL OF A HORSE with a lotus blossom ringed with leaves in the
TWO EARLY POTTERY FUNERARY Tang dynasty well, surrounded by radiating narrow flutes
MODELS The steed posed at momentary rest with its leading to the lipped rim, the dish raised on
The first a Han green glazed well head with four legs attached to a low rectangular plinth a low circular foot and all covered with a rich
elaborate windlass frame rising from the rim of and its head turned slightly to the left, a line of green glaze pooling to a darker tone in the
a waisted ovoid jar with a flat base (repaired straw glaze accenting the front of the head and recesses, the underside with an unglazed
and retouched); the second a Tang painted the chestnut glaze covering most of its coat but circle burnt to an orange color (large crack).
pottery tomb guardian (zhenmushou), a tall top stopping along the outer edges of unglazed the 15 1/4in (38.8cm) diameter
knot and bat-shaped ears applied to its human saddle and blanket showing traces of pigment,
head supported on a leonine body with winged gesso and burial encrustations (restored). US$2,000 - 3,000
flanges projecting from the upright front legs, 22in (56cm) height and length
the surfaces showing remains of pigment and a 9111
gesso ground (both repaired and repainted). US$3,000 - 5,000 TWO CELADON GLAZED CONTAINERS
17 3/4 and 12 7/8in (45 and 32.5cm) high The first a Song/Yuan qingbai porcelain
CHINESE MONOCHROME WARES baluster vase with floriform rim and combed
US$1,000 - 1,500 PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER decoration visible beneath a pale blue-green
glaze (rim repaired and retouched); the
9106 9108 second a Ming tripod censer with a wide well
A POTTERY EARTH SPIRIT, A QINGBAI GLAZED SMALL DISH and curving walls raised on three short conical
ZHENMUSHOU Song dynasty feet, the outer walls carved with flowering
Northern Wei dynasty Thinly molded and cut with six indentations branches and the waist incised with combed
Posed with its tongue hanging downward along the rim that meet raised ribs on the decoration visible beneath a pale gray-green
from the jaw of its leonine head and three interior walls surrounding a peony blossom glaze covering many areas (extensively
flame-shaped flanges issuing from its back roundel carved and combed across the center repaired and retouched).
as it crouches on its rear haunches with front of the shallow well, the pale blue-green glaze 9 5/8in (24.5cm) height of vase
legs upright and attached to a low slab base, covering all surfaces except a russet-burnt 13 1/4in (33.5cm) diameter of censer
the surfaces covered with extensive burial soil area centering the shallow recessed base
(repaired). (chips, glaze degraded). US$2,000 - 3,000
11 3/4in (30cm) high 5 3/8in (13.6cm) diameter
Provenance of the vase
US$2,000 - 3,000 US$1,500 - 2,500 paper label with the printed inscription
Forester Collection and inked number 72
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