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9334
A TRANSMUTATION GLAZED OVOID JAR
19th century
Thickly potted with a rolled rim on the short neck, four lion heads
applied in high relief on the rounded shoulder of the elongated ovoid
body covered with a richly mottled glaze of crimson suffused with
turquoise blue, the interior and shallow recess centering the unglazed
base covered with a craze-filled glaze of milky white hue (base with
production chips).
10 3/4in (27.2cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000
9335
A LARGE ROBIN’S EGG GLAZED DISH WITH BARBED RIM
19th century
Thickly and carefully molded with twelve foliate panels that form the
stepped rim and curving walls to the shallow well raised on a wedged
foot ring, the well covered in a mottled turquoise and purple glaze,
the edge of the rim highlighted in gilt and the all exterior surfaces
except the foot pad finished in a monochrome turquoise enamel (rim
chipped).
13 1/2in (34.2cm) diameter
US$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance
formerly in a private collection from Laguna Beach, California, listed in BOWLS
an appraisal report dated December 14, 1978
9336
A LARGE YELLOW GLAZED DRAGON DISH
Kangxi mark
The shallow curving walls on both sides of the dish impressed with
dragons chasing flaming pearls and another dragon in the same
pursuit filling the floor of the well, all beneath a warm yellow glaze
that stops at the lower edge of the foot, the recessed base bearing
the six-character mark in underglaze blue standard script beneath a
celadon-tinged glaze.
12 3/8in (31.5cm) diameter.
US$1,200 - 1,800
9337
TWO COBALT GLAZED PORCELAIN VASES
Late Qing/Republic period
The first of circular-sectioned baluster form with lion head and mock
ring handles on the waisted neck, an elongated cylindrical body and
tall foot, the medium blue cobalt wash applied to the exterior walls
beneath a colorless glaze extending into the neck and across the
recessed base; the second of rectangular section with a waisted
neck, similar animal head and mock ring handles on the narrow side
walls of the body, the cobalt wash of slightly lighter hue also covered
with a colorless glaze that extends into the neck and across the
recessed base (small gaps to the glaze layer of both vases).
17 1/2 and 16 1/4in (44.5 and 41.3cm) high
US$1,500 - 2,000
9338
TWO BLUE GLAZED PORCELAIN VASES
Late Qing/Republic period
The first a square-sectioned baluster vase, with a flared neck, everted
rim, mounted with two lion heads suspending mock ring handles,
the side walls covered in a layer of blue glaze of uneven thickness;
the second a rouleau form vase with cupped rim, the waisted neck
flanked with two lion head and mock ring handles, the exterior walls
glazed in opaque blue.
16 and 17 1/4in (40.6 and 43.8cm) high
US$1,500 - 2,000
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9339
A TRANSMUTATION RED GLAZED VASE
Guangxu mark, Republic period
Potted with a cupped mouth on the tall neck and a compressed
globular body raised on a canted foot ring, the scarlet colored glaze
on the exterior walls changing to a pale opalescent blue as it crosses
the rim and continues into the interior neck, the recessed base
bearing the six-character mark in underglaze blue standard script
beneath a colorless glaze (edge of foot polished).
8 3/4in (22.2cm) high
US$800 - 1,200
9340
TWO MONOCHROME BLUE GLAZED SMALL VASES
Republic period
The first of baluster form with a sky blue wash applied to the exterior
beneath a colorless glaze visible at the rim, neck and concave base
bearing a six-character Kangxi mark in standard script; the second a
pear-form bottle vase covered with a mottled robin’s egg blue glaze
on all surfaces except the foot pad (hairline crack and chip at rim).
5 1/8in (13cm) high
US$3,000 - 5,000
9341
A PAIR OF IRON RED AND GILT-DECORATED SHUANGXI
Yanxi tonghe marks, Late Qing dynasty
Each of inverted bell form with a flared rim, the iron red ground
painted in gilt on both sides with a leiwen band above vertical rows of
shuangxi characters and a shou medallion at the center of the well,
the recessed base inscribed in iron red with the four-character mark
in standard script on the white glaze ground (one bowl damaged).
4 1/2in (11.5cm) diameter
US$2,000 - 3,000
For a covered box with the same decoration ascribed to the
Guangxu period by Ronald Longsdorf, see his article ‘Porcelains
Made for the Grand Imperial Wedding of the Guangxu Emperor,’
Orientations Vol. 35, No. 5,June 2004, pp.24-31 and illustrated (Fig.
17) on p. 27. A pair of cups with the same decoration but of slightly
smaller size, ascribed to the Tongzhi period (4in/20.2cm diameter)
were sold in Freeman’s sale 1538, 12 March 2016, lot 181.
Provenance
Almira Goodsell Rockefeller (1844-1920), wife of William A.
Rockefeller Jr. (1841-1922), and thence by descent, by repute
An American private collection
9342
A LONGQUAN CELADON CYLINDRICAL JAR
Ming dynasty
The thickly potted walls molded with the eight trigrams in raised relief
on an incised background above flowering peony flowers carved
into the remaining surface of the upright walls, the craze-filled glaze
of sea-green hue, applied to the interior and portions of the exterior
(lacking cover, old chips).
10 1/2in (26.7cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance
the base attached with old circular labels reading M. H. Soames
Collection and Hancock 37, Bury Street, St. James’s, S. W. 1. along
with an inked inventory listing
Property from The M. H. Soames Collection, was offered in
Sotheby’s, London Catalogue of the well-known collection of Chinese
Ceramics (The Second Portion), The Property of the late Major M. H.
Soames, Breach, Little Berkhampstead, Herts, Monday, July 26th,
1954.