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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOWLS A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE DECORATED STORAGE JAR
Kangxi marks, late Qing/Republic period Late Qing/Republic period
Each painted with a bat flying amid ribbons in a roundel centering the Constructed and painted in a late Ming style with a rolled rim on
well and across the curving exterior walls, the recessed base bearing the short neck, a cloud collar band at the rounded shoulder and
the six-character mark in underglaze blue standard script. opposing reserves of beauties and their attendants in garden settings
5in (12.5cm) diameter above a jeweled lotus petal band encircling the base, the milky white
covering the exterior and portions of the interior, the unglazed base
US$1,500 - 2,500 burnt cinnamon brown.
19 1/8in (48.5cm) high
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TWO SMALL BLUE AND WHITE CUPS US$2,000 - 3,000
Chending xuan marks
Each of inverted bell form and painted with a scholar seated beneath ENAMELED WARES
a pine tree while a servant leans on a wheeled cart behind him, the
recessed base bearing the three-character mark in a single vertical PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
line of standard script (one bowl cracked).
2 1/16in (5.2cm) high

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A POLYCHROME ENAMELED CRANE
For a prototype, see the pair of blue and white cups with the same Late Qing/Republic period
decoration and mark, ascribed to the early Daoguang period, Posed standing on a gnarled pine tree trunk trunk painted in shades
illustrated on the internet, in the collection of the Chinese University of of green and black, the bird’s feathers outlined in black and incised
Hong Kong (Gift of Mr. Jenmou H. D. Hu, 87.35). into the opaque white enamel ground applied to its body.
7 7/8in (20cm) high
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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK BOWLS US$1,000 - 1,500
Late Ming dynasty
Each of shallow well rising to an everted and barbed rim, the interior 9364
walls painted with floral designs and a duck in the well, the exterior A PAIR OF FRAMED PORCELAIN LANDSCAPE PLAQUES
decorated with geometric patterns. Republic period
5 5/8in (14.2cm) diameter Each painted in the famille rose palette with scholars and their
attendants enjoying the scenery from nearby rural retreats along the
US$1,000 - 1,500 shores of a watercourse surrounded by hills and mountains; one
plaque bearing a red enamel Qianlong nian zhi seal in the lower right
9361 (one plaque damaged; both frames with wear).
A MASSIVE UNDERGLAZE COPPER RED AND BLUE 8 5/8 x 32 1/2in (22 x 82.5cm) sight dimensions of plaques
CHARGER 36 5/8 x 12 1/8in (93 x 31cm) the wood frames
The painted with a front-facing dragon chasing a pearl amid waves
encircled by eighteen luohan in a cloud-filled band and fabulous US$1,000 - 1,500
beasts striding across further waves on the exterior walls, the
colorless glaze applied everywhere except the foot pad and recessed
base (repaired and repainted chip).
24in (61cm) diameter

US$2,000 - 3,000

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