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PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA COLLECTION 9187
A LARGE IRON RED AND GILT PAINTED DRAGON DISH
9185 Guangxu six-character mark and of the period
A PAIR OF POLYCHROME ENAMELED VASES The curving well and exterior walls painted in iron red with dragons
Qianlong marks, late Qing/Republic period chasing flaming pearls amid clouds, the dragons’ claws painted in
Each displaying a wide cylindrical neck rising from a body of raised white enamel, their eyes in green and black, the flaming pearls
compressed globular form, the walls painted with chrysanthemums in in gilt, the mark written in iron red regular script across the recessed
polychrome enamels on underglaze blue leafy stems, all against an iron base.
red enamel simulation of pudding stone, the recessed base bearing 13 3/8in (34cm) diameter
the six-character mark in underglaze blue seal script surrounded by
turquoise enamel. US$5,000 - 7,000
13in (33cm) high
9188 W
US$3,500 - 4,500 A THREE-PANEL PARTIAL FLOOR SCREEN INSET WITH GILT-
PAINTED COBALT PORCELAIN PLAQUES
Provenance Late Qing/Republic period
purchased in Hong Kong in the 1970s Originally part of a larger floor screen, each of the three panels
constructed with well-finished hardwood framing members and wood
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS trim reticulated as striding dragons that front cobalt glazed porcelain
plaques of rectangular form painted in gilt with One Hundred Antiques,
9186 landscapes and flower and bird subjects and one oval plaque
A PAIR OF DOUCAI DISHES displaying a fabulous beast (three porcelain plaques damaged, minor
Yongzheng marks losses to reticulated trim).
The interior well covered by a dragon amid puffs of clouds, the cavetti 65 7/8 x 45 3/4in (167.5 x 116cm)
and exterior sides all encircled by large fish atop churning waves, the
undersides bearing the six-character marks (prominent kiln flaws). US$5,000 - 7,000
6 1/4in (16cm) diameter

US$4,000 - 6,000

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