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Property from Various Owners 7298
A pair of famille rose enameled baluster vases
7297 Late Qing/Republic period
A group of four framed wood wall panels inset Each painted in pale enamels with a classic lotus flower and leaf spray
with porcelain plaques pattern on a yellow ground in contrast to the iron red and gilt enamel
Late Qing/Republic period, covering the abstracted dragon handles on the waisted neck while
the four circular plaques by Cheng Men (1833-1908) mirror images of richly dressed boys carry auspicious emblems in a
Each wood panel of joined and mixed wood construction inset with garden setting on each body of inverted pear form, a layer of turquoise
an unsigned rectangular horizontal plaque at the top depicting a enamel covering the interior of the cupped neck and the deeply
beauty in a garden painted in bright famille rose enamels; then a recessed base within the spreading foot.
circular landscape plaque painted in pastel enamels (qianjiangcai), 12 1/2in (31.8cm) high
these middle circular panels all painted by Cheng Men (1833-1908) $8,000 - 12,000
with seals reading Cheng shi, Men yin, Songsheng and perhaps zi
bai tangzhu, the latter dated to the wuzi year (equivalent to 1888) and 7299
signed Li Dao Ren; all above four unsigned vertical landscape plaques A pair of polychrome enameled ‘Hundred Deer’
with iron red key-fret borders. Vases
69 x 21in (175 x 53.5cm) each frame Late Qing dynasty
$5,000 - 8,000 Each of thickly molded pear form with iron red and gilt-painted
loop handles, the body painted in inky black outline and richly hued
enamels with opaque white enamel highlights to form mirror images
of deer grazing amid towering mountain peaks and forests against a
clear glaze covering all surfaces except the pad to the tall foot.
17 7/8in (45.5cm) high
$20,000 - 30,000
Provenance
Bonhams, Los Angeles, sale 13037, 19 September 2004, lot 8531
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