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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ALICE KERMISCH 9174
A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE ENAMELED LION DOGS
9171 Seated recumbent and grinning toothily, the male clutching a ball
A POLYCHROME ENAMELED JAR under his left hoof and the female supporting a cub on her hips,
Late Qing/Republic period the undersides bearing an impressed maker’s mark reading Huang
Thickly molded with a tall neck and inverted pear-form body that Yuanshun zao (restoration).
spreads outward above the set-in foot ring, painted in bright colors 6 1/2in (16.5cm) high
with flowering and leafy tendrils in bright colors on a green enamel
ground surrounding shaped reserves filled with birds, insects and US$1,000 - 1,500
flowering branches, the decorative bands on the shoulder and foot
area enameled in a contrasting yellow ground (lacking cover). 9175
13 5/8in (34.5cm) high A SUSANCAI ENAMELED SET OF THE EIGHT IMMORTALS
First half of the 20th century
US$1,200 - 1,800 Each figure holding an attribute and standing on a rectangular
openwork base colored in leaf green and aubergine enamel: the figure
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS of Cao Guojiu wearing a lime green robe; Lan Caihe and Lu Dongbin in
leaf green; Li Tieguai and Han Zhongli in purple; and He Xiangu, Han
9172 Xiangzi and Zhang Guolao with yellow garments (base cracked on He
A PAIR OF MOLDED SQUARE BALUSTER VASES Xiangu).
Kangxi marks, late Qing/Republic period 12 1/4 to 12 1/2in (31 to 31.8cm) high
The trumpet mouths surmounting the tapered rectangular bodies,
all reticulated to depict luohan and dragons surrounded by swirling US$1,500 - 2,500
clouds and smoke, enameled in the famille noire palette, the unglazed
recessed bases bearing the raised six-character marks. PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA COLLECTION
13in (33cm) high
9176
US$1,000 - 1,500 A YELLOW GROUND FAMILLE ROSE BOWL
Daoguang mark
9173 W The bulbous body coming to an everted and foliated rim, the
AN ASSEMBLED GROUP OF POLYCHROME GLAZED POTTERY exterior walls decorated with stylized phoenixes and dragons among
ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS continuous floral scrolls on a yellow ground (hairline crack).
Qing dynasty 7 7/8in (20cm) diameter
Including a two-section partial wall frieze molded as a dragon
striding to the right amid foliage, colored in green, yellow and straw US$1,500 - 2,500
colored enamels; the second a hollow roof tile molded in the round
as a dragon head colored in amber, green and yellow enamels; the Provenance
last a hollow roof tile molded in the round as a fu-lion grasping an purchased in Hong Kong in the 1970s
embroidered ball in its front paws as it scampers across leaf scrolls,
colored in green, amber, straw and brown (all with weathering and
losses, some repaired).
41, 14 1/4 and 25 1/2in (104, 36.2 and 65cm) long
US$2,500 - 4,000
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