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Property from Another Owner

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A copper red-decorated bowl
Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period
Of inverted bell form with a flared rim and raised on a tall foot, the
pomegranate, peach and citron painted in copper red on the exterior
walls representing the Three Abundances (san duo), and mark on
the deeply recessed base written in underglaze blue regular script, a
celadon-tinged glaze covering all surfaces except the foot pad.
7 3/8in (18.7cm) diameter
$4,000 - 6,000

A Yongzheng mark and period bowl of the same shape and
decoration was sold in Sotheby’s Hong Kong sale, The T.Y. Chao
Private and Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramics
and Jade Carvings: Part I, 18 November 1986, lot 72.

Property from a Northern California Estate

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A group of three monochrome porcelains
The first, an 18th century Dehua circular censer of bombé form with
applied lion-head handles, a straw colored glaze covering most
surfaces; the second a celadon glazed bottle vase with cupped rim,
pear-shaped body and flared foot, the unglazed foot pad showing
remains of black wash and the recessed base bearing an underglaze
blue four-character Yongzheng mark visible in the celadon glaze; the
third a Ge-type crackled celadon archaistic hu of rectangular section
with cusped corners extending downward through the pear-shaped
body and tall foot, a pair of tubular handles applied to the sides, the
unglazed foot pad colored with brown wash and the recessed base
bearing a six-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue seal script
visible within the glazed surface.
6in (15.2cm) width across handles of censer
5 1/4 and 5 3/4in (13.5 and 14.7cm) heights of vases
$2,000 - 3,000

Property from the Collection of Frank and
Georgia James

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A peach bloom water coupe, taibo zun
Kangxi six-character mark and of the period
Formed with a short neck rising from a hemispherical body etched
with three dragon and cloud roundels covered by a mottled raspberry
and gray-green layer of color applied beneath a celadon-tinged
glaze visible on the rolled rim, interior and the recessed base within
the unglazed foot pad, the mark written in two horizontal rows of
underglaze blue regular script.
5in (12.7cm) diameter
$2,000 - 3,000

Property from a Northern California Estate

8323
A copper red glazed deep dish
Qianlong six-character mark and of the period
Molded with a flared rim to the deep well and raised on a tall foot, the
dark raspberry colored wash covering the well and the exterior walls
but leaving the white fabric exposed along the rim and the recessed
base, a celadon-tinged glaze covering all surfaces except the foot
pad, the mark in underglaze blue seal script and an incised owner’s
mark of leaf shape both visible on the base.
8in (20.3cm) diameter
$3,000 - 4,000

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