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PROPERTY FROM A NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR

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A SET OF FOUR POLYCHROME ENAMELED PLAQUES
DEPICTING THE EIGHTEEN LUOHAN
Qianlong marks
Each of the tall rectangular plaques centered by groups of four or five
of the imaginatively rendered figures in monk’s or scholar’s garb all
individually depicted engaging with an unusual implement or activity,
the upper right or left corners of the plaques bearing the vertical
rectangular four-character marks in gilt and iron-red.
12 1/4 x 9in (31 x 23cm) dimensions of porcelain exclusive of frames
$2,000 - 4,000

PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER

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A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
Republic period
Depicting Magu and a spotted deer next to Shoulao and his boy
attendant while a crane pecks at Magu’s basket of flowers, the
finely rendered decoration applied onto the celadon-tinged glaze,
the side edges and back with four raised vertical bars left unglazed
(lacking frame).
15 x 10in (38 x 25.5cm)
$1,500 - 2,500

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