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Property from a Private Institution 8344A
Two similar famille rose enameled export
8343 porcelain baluster jars and covers
A pair of underglaze blue and famille rose 18th century
enameled fishbowls Each of inverted pear form flaring outward above the set-in foot,
19th century the neck and base striped in underglaze blue, while thickly applied
Each of conical section and thickly molded, the outer wall washed with enamels form a band along the shoulder of bats issuing from their
a layer of dark cobalt that surrounds two large ogival reserves painted beaks garlands of flowers rendered as intertwined cash in alteration
in bright enamels with sages and their attendants while opposing fan- with tasseled ropes joining endless knots to bi disks and triangular
shaped reserves of smaller size display black enameled inscriptions, chimes, the shoulder on one vase further accented with a yellow
one of which displays the cyclical date jia-shu (1814 or 1874), the ground ‘cracked ice’ band while the is painted in shades of rose
celadon-tinged glaze covering the outside and the wide curving well, enamel with the same pattern, the glazed and recessed bases
the foot and the shallow recessed base left unglazed; now supported centered with underglaze blue double rings; the associated covers
on European style giltwood stands. accented with underglaze blue on the finials and painted with
24 14/in (61.5cm) diameter seasonal blossoms in similarly applied enamels above ‘cracked ice’
10 3/4in (27cm) height of porcelain bands along the flat rims, one rendered in shades of rose and the
24 1/4in (61.5cm) height including stand other in shades of blue.
$6,000 - 8,000 17 3/4in (45cm) high
$9,000 - 12,000
Property from Another Owner
Property of a Bay Area Family Collection
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An olive glazed archaistic vase with polychrome 8345
landscape reserves A pair of famille rose and iron red enameled
Late Qing/Republic period jardinières
Of archaistic hu form with a pair of deer-head handles in high relief Late Qing/Republic period
applied to the upper body of pear form displaying circular reserves Each of compressed globular form, the interior walls painted in iron
painted in famille rose enamels of rural villages along a water course, red while gilt and brightly hued enamels appear on exterior walls in
the surrounding surfaces molded with leaf scrolls below a band of four circular dragon and phoenix reserves surrounded by gourd vines
dissolved dragons along the neck, all visible beneath an olive green on a lemon yellow ground, the unglazed foot pads and recessed
glaze that continues on the recessed base drilled through what bases burnt a pale brown.
appears to be a six-character Qianlong mark. 20 3/4in (52cm) diameter
12 1/2in (32cm) high 12 1/2in (32cm) high
$4,000 - 6,000 $20,000 - 30,000
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