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9365 9370
A POLYCHROME ENAMELED VASE WITH FIGURAL A LIME GREEN GROUND POLYCHROME ENAMELED TEA
DECORATION BOWL AND COVER
Republic period Shende tang mark, Republic period
The waisted neck and shoulder painted with black and iron red The bowl and cover painted in gilt and polychrome enamels with bats
patterns and the ovoid body surrounded by colorfully dressed sages and peaches placed between stylized lotus flowers rising from leaf
and their young servants viewing paintings or engaged in a game of scrolls against the lime green ground, the finial of the cover and the
weiqi separated by a twenty-character inscription in black enamel base of the bowl each bearing the four-character mark in iron red
bearing Qianlong seals in rose enamel; now drilled and mounted as a standard script.
lamp base. 3 7/8in (9.8cm) diameter
13 1/4in (33.5cm) height of porcelain vase only
US$1,000 - 1,500
US$800 - 1,200
9371
9366 A LIME GREEN GROUND GARDEN SEAT WITH FAMILLE ROSE
A POLYCHROME ENAMELED BALUSTER VASE DECORATION
19th century Late Qing/Republic period
Supporting opposing molded lion-and-cub-form handles, the vessel Of barrel form with cash-patterned openings and raised bosses
potted in lobes to imitate the pleated folds of fabric cinched by a above and below two dragons striding to the right amid flowering
trompe-l’oeil yellow enamel tassel encircling the neck, the remaining branches painted in shades of black and gilt with opaque white and
surfaces covered in an elaborate deep blue ground of vine and lotus rose against the lime green ground, the top finished en suite and
surrounding the large and colorful bird and flower reserves (mouth centered with a single cash-patterned opening (wear, minor chip to
restored). rim).
25in (63.5cm) high 18 1/4in (46.5cm) high

US$1,000 - 1,500 US$2,000 - 3,000

9367 Provenance
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED ‘HUNDRED BATS’ from a Bay Area estate, by repute
VASES
Guangxu marks 9372
Each enameled in iron red with a multitude of bats flying amid A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED GARDEN STOOL
rainbow colored clouds across the tall waisted neck and compressed Late Qing/Republic period
globular body, a band of composite lotus flowers and leafy tendrils Of identical form to the previous lot and similarly enameled but the
encircling the shoulder and further floral groups painted along the tall two dragons around the body striding toward the left instead of the
foot, the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in underglaze right (wear, minor chip to one raised boss).
blue standard script (one vase with hairline crack, second vase with 18 1/8in (46cm) high
losses).
15 3/8in (39.2cm) high US$2,000 - 3,000

US$2,000 - 3,000 Provenance
from a Bay Area estate, by repute
9368
A CELADON GLAZED FOOTED BOWL WITH POLYCHROME 9373
ENAMEL DECORATION A YELLOW SGRAFFIATO GROUND ‘NINE PEACHES’ VASE
Jiaqing mark, late Qing/Republic period Qianlong mark
Molded with four lobes to the oval silhouette and covered with Of meiping form, the bright yellow enamel incised in a leaf scroll
turquoise enamel across the interior, brightly painted flowers and pattern that surrounds five bats circling around a branch of peaches
insects on the celadon glaze of the exterior walls above a pink rendered in bright colors of the famille rose palette, the recessed
enamel ground encircling the tall foot, the recessed base bearing base bearing the six-character mark in underglaze blue seal script
the six-character mark in iron red seal script on a square reserve surrounded by turquoise enamel that also coats the interior of the
surrounded by further turquoise enamel (flaking to turquoise enamel). neck.
10in (25.3cm) long 15 7/8in (37.7cm) high

US$1,200 - 1,800 US$3,000 - 5,000

9369
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE MILLEFLEUR-DECORATED BOWLS
Hongxian marks, Republic period
Each of inverted bell form with gilt striping to the rims, the floor of
the well centered with a single blossom and the exterior walls filled
with overlapping flowers and leaves, the recessed bearing the four-
character mark inscribed in iron red seal script within a double ring
painted in underglaze blue (wear to gilt, one bowl with minor rim
chips).
6 5/8in (16.7cm) diameter

US$2,000 - 4,000

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