Page 94 - Bonhams Asian Decorative Arts San Francisco Oct 13, 2015
P. 94
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE OREGON PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF 3396
COLLECTION FRANK AND GEORGIA JAMES TWO PAIRS OF POLYCHROME
ENAMELED WALL POCKETS
3390 3393 Republic period
A GROUP OF TEN FAMILLE ROSE A GROUP OF FOUR POLYCHROME The first depicting two branches of lingzhi
ENAMELED WALL VASES ENAMELED PORCELAINS fungus in gilt and bright enamels issuing
Republic period Late Qing/Republic period from a stylized tree branch in a combination
Including one pair with iron red ground (one Including a candle pricket enameled in vine of iron red black and white, the unglazed
stamped China in red), a second pair with and lotus patterns on a yellow ground and reverse stamped with a maker’s mark
flowers and leaves on a turquoise enamel bearing a Jiaqing mark to the edge of the reading Zeng Liangsheng; the second pair
ground and the fifth with a millefleur ground, highest drip pan; a pair of miniature gu-form each painted in bright famille rose enamels
each vase of trilobe form with a figural vases also enameled in yellow-ground vine and modeled as a peacock with spreading
reserve; a pair of wide-bodied vases with and lotus patterns and bearing Guangxu tail perched on a tree branch, the unglazed
animal head handles, also with millefleur trim marks to the bases; and a stick neck ovoid reverse stamped in red China (both pairs
around figural reserves (scratched with China vase displaying mythical beasts in a garden with minor wear to enamels).
on each base) and the eighth of the same setting all on a turquoise colored ground, the 9 1/4 and 13 3/4in (23.5 and 35cm) high
shape but with composite lotus flowers and underside bearing an iron-red seal-script six $1,200 - 1,800
tasseled chimes on a yellow enamel ground, character Jiaqing mark.
also bearing a Qianlong mark; and two other 9in (23cm) height of last and tallest PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
differing shapes with a yellow sgraffito ground $1,000 - 1,500
surrounding figural reserves. 3397
3 3/4 to 4 3/4in (9.5 to 12cm) high PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE OREGON A POLYCHROME ENAMELED VASE
$800 - 1,200 COLLECTION Shende tang mark, Republic period
Potted in unusual arched section and lobed
3391 3394 baluster shape, the shoulder and foot
A GROUP OF CANTON EXPORT A GROUP OF FOUR CANTON ENAMELED adorned in faux-bois patterns surrounding
PORCELAIN DECORATIONS EXPORT PORCELAIN CHARGERS the sides depicting Zhu Xi encircled by
Late 19th century 19th century an inscription Zhuzi Jiaxun (The Family
Including a pair of moon flasks, each with The first centered with a tiny duck and lotus Instructions of Zhu Xi), the deeply recessed
handles in the shape of ruyi scepters, plant roundel surrounded by four oblate fan base bearing the four-character mark in iron
painted with figural roundels opposing shaped figural reserves filling the well, then red enamels within a square cartouche.
reserves of flowers and insects, the recessed further figural reserves separated by ribboned 11 1/2in (29cm) high
base of each bearing a four-character auspicious emblems; the second centered $1,500 - 2,500
Qianlong mark in underglaze blue regular with a circular figural reserve bordered with
script (wear and flaking to enamels); and iron red and gilt-painted dragons that also 3398
two pairs of candle sticks in differing sizes surround two of the four figural reserves on A PAIR OF POLYCHROME ENAMELED
but similarly painted with floral and figural the remainder of the face; the third centered VASES
reserves partially covered by sinuous with a figural roundel bordered by iron red Jiaqing marks
dragons in raised relief highlighted with gilt and gilt-painted dragons and four other The tall waisted necks supporting small ruyi
enamel (wear to enamels). [6] figural reserves separated by butterflies, birds scepter-shaped handles and covered in bright
13 3/4in (35cm) height of vases and auspicious emblems (rim repaired and yellow vine and lotus grounds rising from
7 1/2 and 6 1/2in (19 and 16.5cm) height of repainted); the last painted with iron red and the globular bodies adorned in detailed and
candle sticks gilt-painted dragon bands framing the center imaginative figural tableaux depicting boys
$800 - 1,200 figural roundel and four fan shaped reserves at play in a garden, the undersides bearing
surrounding it. the six-character marks in copper red on a
3392 13 1/2 to 16 1/2in (34.2 to 42cm) diameter turquoise ground.
A GROUP OF EIGHT FAMILLE ROSE $1,500 - 2,500 12 1/4in (31cm)
ENAMELED MODELS OF PHOENIX $2,000 - 3,000
The group comprised of four mirrored pairs of 3395
roughly similar appearance, each consisting A GROUP OF THREE CANTON 3399
of an elaborately plumed and long tailed bird FAMILLE ROSE EXPORT PORCELAIN A SET OF FOUR FAMILLE ROSE
of predominantly pink hue, perching upon a CONTAINERS ENAMELED DISHES
reticulated plinth of varied detail and color. 19th century Guangxu marks, Republic period
15in (38cm) height of tallest Including a rouleau vase with cupped rim, a The everted rims surmounting concave cavetti
$1,000 - 1,500 tall-necked bottle and a baluster jar with two encircling the flat wells raised atop short feet,
handles and domical cover: each similarly from which gnarled branches of ‘San Duo’
decorated with frames of stylized dragons fruits bloom up and over the mouths to adorn
and flaming pearls drawn in gilt and iron red the wells, the recessed bases bearing the six-
enclosing beauties, scholars and children in character marks in iron-red.
architectural settings surrounded by scattered 5 3/4 in (14.6cm) diameters
flowers, fruit and auspicious emblems (chips $2,500 - 4,000
to rim of covered jar).
17 3/4in (45cm) height of rouleau vase
$1,000 - 1,500
92 | BONHAMS
