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9189 PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
A SEVEN-PIECE PORCELAIN TANGRAM SET, QIQIAO CUANPAN
Late Qing/Republic period 9193
Comprised of seven small and slightly tapered vessels enameled A SMALL GROUP OF ROSE MEDALLION EXPORT WARE
in insect and flower motifs and potted in triangular, square, and 19th century
parallelogram section to ingeniously fit snugly within a square wooden The first a large oval platter with alternating panels of flowers and
box (scratches to porcelain, shrinkage to box). insects, scholars and beauties painted in rich enamels surrounded by
3in (7.6cm) height of porcelain; pink blossoms and green tendrils on a gilt ground; and a pair of dishes
4 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/2in (11.5 x 32 x 32cm) dimensions of box centered with figural roundels, the concave rims displaying flower and
bird reserves against a gilt ground filled with auspicious bats, pink
US$2,000 - 3,000 blossoms and green tendrils (one dish cracked, second dish repaired
and repainted). [3]
For similar porcelain examples and further historical insight into tangrams 18 1/2in (47cm) length of platter
and other Chinese puzzles, see the work undertaken by the Berkeley- 9 1/2in (24cm) diameter of dishes
based Classical Chinese Puzzle Project at chinesepuzzles.org.
US$1,200 - 1,800
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE OREGON COLLECTOR PROPERTY FROM THE JOYCE B. DOHENY TRUST
9190 9194
A GROUP OF POLYCHROME ENAMELED CONTAINERS TWO EXPORT CELADON GLAZED WARMING TUREENS WITH
Late Qing/Republic period FAMILLE ROSE ENAMEL DECORATION
The first a deep bowl of hexagonal section resolving to a circular foot, 19th century
the exterior walls painted with a continuous composition of figures Each warming tureen of oval shape with colorful birds and insects
taken from Daoist popular mythology, the recessed base bearing combined with flowering and fruiting branches painted across the
a Jiaqing six-character mark in iron red seal script; the second a shallow well and the domed cover topped with a lotus bud finial (wear
quatrelobed shallow bowl painted with famous historical figures and to enamels, one warming tureen cracked).
their biographies on the exterior walls, the conforming foot encircled by 17 1/2 and 17in (44.5 and 43.3cm) long
stylized rocks and waves; the third, a handled tea cup painted with the
Eight Immortals surrounded by a ground of waves in puce enamel. US$1,000 - 1,500
9 1/4in (23.5cm) length of shallow bowl
US$1,000 - 1,500 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER 9195
A PAIR OF BLUE SGRAFFIATO-GROUND BOWLS WITH
9191 FAMILLE ROSE ENAMEL DECORATION
TWO FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED PORCELAINS Qianlong marks, Republic period
The first 18th/19th century, an export dish comprised of a lotus Each bowl painted with circular reserves of flowers and butterflies
petal shaped floriform rim encircling floral sprigs and garden rockery surrounded by a medium blue enamel ground incised with a leaf
covering the central well (restored); the second, late Qing/Republic pattern, the recessed base bearing the four-character mark in iron red
period, a long and flat rectangular jardinière molded with colorful regular script and China scratched into the colorless glaze.
auspicious floral motifs of bamboo, pine, prunus, lingzhi, and ruyi 5in (12.7cm) diameter
lappets.
9in (23cm) diameter of dish US$500 - 700
19in (48.3cm) length of jardinière
9196
US$2,000 - 3,000 A POLYCHROME ENAMELED PLAQUE
Depicting a pair of cranes overlooking a sunset river vista on a rocky
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE OREGON COLLECTOR promontory beside a grove of pines and lingzhi, bearing a freely
painted calligraphic inscription perhaps including a kuiwei nian cyclical
9192 date; mounted within a wood frame (with sealed backing boards).
AN ASSEMBLED GROUP OF NINE POLYCHROME 14 3/4 x 9 1/2in (37.5 x 24cm) sight dimensions of porcelain
ENAMELED DISHES 20 3/4in x 15 1/2in (52.7 x 39.5cm) dimensions of wood frame
Late Qing to Republic period
The decoration including imaginary scenes of beauties and scholars US$1,000 - 1,500
executed either in richly hued enamels and gilt trim or in more pale
hues; others illustrating daily life such as the group of drinkers in a tea
shop on a small quadrilobed saucer, or horsemen and figures using
umbrellas in a dinner plate; and two battle scenes, one imaginary and
the other of an infantry clash between Nationalist forces and imperial
troops under a yellow dragon banner (wear to enamels, some with
rough rims).
6 to 10 1/8in (15 to 25.7cm) diameters
US$1,500 - 2,500
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