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3382 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CHICAGO COLLECTION
TWO MOLDED CONTAINERS WITH FAMILLE VERTE FORMED IN THE 1950’S
DECORATION
Late Qing/Republic period 3386
The first a rouleau vase molded in shallow relief with an egret amid A PAIR OF YELLOW GROUND FAMILLE ROSE MEDALLION
lotus and water weeds picked out in yellow, and aubergine and PLATES
colorless enamels on a leaf green ground that continues into the neck Tongzhi six-character marks and of the period
and across the recessed base; the second a small melon-form jar The interiors painted with famille rose enameled fruiting and flowering
molded with a similar pattern but the polychrome enamels applied gourd vines across the shallow curving walls below leiwen bands at
against a yellow ground (base drilled, lacking cover). the rim against a lemon yellow ground separating four roundels, each
13 1/2 and 4 1/4 (34.5 and 10.8cm) high filled with a lantern, ribboned scepter and a vase with five stalks of
$1,500 - 2,500 grain, the exterior walls covered in ruby enamel, each recessed base
displaying the mark written in underglaze blue regular script.
3383 7 5/8in (19.4cm) diameter
A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE ENAMELED FIGURES $3,000 - 5,000
Republic period
Likely depicting two of the Four Buddhist Heavenly Kings, likely PROPERTY FROM A COLORADO PRIVATE COLLECTION
Virupaksha (Ch: Guangmu Tian) as identified by his protruding eyes,
and possibly Dhrtarastra (Ch: Chiguo Tian) missing his pipa; the 3387
elaborately-attired figures standing upon square plinths all enameled in A PAIR OF SU SANCAI GLAZED BOWLS
the traditional su-sancai palette (losses). 18th century
15 and 15 1/4in (38 and 38.7cm) high Potted in inverted bell shape and covered in a ground of splashes in
$1,000 - 1,500 the ‘egg and spinach’ palette of green, yellow, and aubergine glazes,
the undersides centered by a square maker’s mark encircled by a
3384 double ring beneath the clear glaze thinning to tall biscuit foot rings in
A MOLDED SQUARE BALUSTER VASE some small areas revealing the buff unglazed clay (one bowl cracked).
Qianlong mark 7 1/2in (19cm) diameter
Surmounted by a waisted neck, the body elaborately potted with an $1,500 - 2,500
interior sleeve of cylindrical shape surrounded by a tapered rectangular
exterior reticulated in elaborate figural motifs of the Eight Immortals PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
and enameled in the famille noire palette, the recessed base bearing
the molded six-character mark in seal script. 3388
19 3/4in (50cm) high A FAMILLE VERTE FIGURE OF BUDAI
$1,000 - 1,500 Depicted seated and reclining against his eponymous cloth sack, the
monk potted with realistic folds of skin, a toothy mustachioed smile
PROPERTY FROM THE MEEKER COLLECTION and attired in loose fitting robes enameled in intricate vine and lotus
patterns, the underside bearing a four character molded maker’s mark
3385 (losses to details).
A PAIR OF YELLOW AND GREEN ENAMELED DRAGON BOWLS 6 3/4in (17.2cm) high
Guangxu marks, Republic period $1,200 - 1,800
Each potted with a flared rim and incised to the center of the curving
well with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl picked out in green against PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT BRITISH HSBC EXECUTIVE,
the golden yellow ground, the two dragons in a similar pursuit above ACQUIRED BEFORE 1975 IN HONG KONG
a lishui band on the exterior walls similarly colored, the recessed base
bearing the six-character mark in underglaze blue standard script 3389
beneath a colorless glaze. A DOUCAI-DECORATED VASE
4 7/8in (12.2cm) diameters Yongzheng mark, Republic period
$2,500 - 4,000 Of attenuated baluster form, outlined in underglaze blue with stiff
leaf and jeweled lotus bands above and below a continuous panel
of composite flower heads and leafy scrolls picked out in iron red,
yellow, green and aubergine enamels, the recessed base bearing
the six-character mark in underglaze blue regular script enclosed
by a double ring.
10 3/4in (27.3cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500
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