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9381                                                                   9384
                                                                       A SMALL FAMILLE NOIRE ENAMELED ROULEAU VASE
A FOUR-PANEL WOOD TABLE SCREEN MOUNTED WITH                            19th century
POLYCHROME ENAMELED PORCELAIN PLAQUES                                  Painted with insects and birds flying above or hovering upon a
20th century                                                           fantastic garden rock rising amid bamboo and Flowers of the Four
Each of the four wood framing panels fitted with two porcelain         Seasons in shades of yellow, green and aubergine on the dark black
plaques, the upper plaque depicting a scholar with his attendant and   enamel ground, the colorless glaze visible on canted rim, inside neck
the lower plaque a landscape, each painted in bright colors of the     and recessed base painted with a double ring in underglaze blue
famille rose palette (wear and shrinkage to wood frames).              (chipped, enamels worn).
8 x 4 3/4in (20 x12cm) approximate size of each plaque                 10 1/4in (26cm) high
27 1/4 x 43in (69.2 x 109.2cm) the table screen

US$3,000 - 5,000                                                       US$1,000 - 1,500

9382                                                                   9385
A PORCELAIN ROULEAU VASE WITH SNOW SCENES                              A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED PORCELAIN BOWL WITH
Kangxi mark                                                            ‘HUNDRED CHILDREN’ DECORATION
Painted in black and opaque white enamels with two winter              Tongzhi mark, late Qing/Republic period
landscapes, one around the neck depicting a traveler on horseback,     The petallate rim trimmed in gilt and the exterior walls encircled with
the other on the elongated body featuring servants sweeping            young boys celebrating with dragon dancers, banners and musical
the snow from the courtyards of a palatial mansion, the scenes         instruments, the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in iron
highlighted with sepia enamels and the recessed base bearing the       red seal script (wear).
six-character mark in underglaze blue standard script.                 4 3/4in (12cm) diameter
18 3/4in (47.5cm) high
                                                                       US$1,000 - 1,500
US$800 - 1,200
                                                                       PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
9383                                                                   COLLECTION
A POLYCHROME ENAMELED PORCELAIN PLAQUE TABLE
SCREEN                                                                 9386
Depicting a bird on a flowering branch and bearing an inscription and  A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED DISHES
seals reminiscent of the work of Liu Yucen (1904-1969).                Each molded in the form of an export soup dish, their wide and
13 3/4in (35cm) visible height of porcelain                            slightly convex mouth rims adorned in floral sprigs, surrounding
                                                                       deep cavetti covered by rocky floral tableaux of three roosters and a
US$800 - 1,200                                                         butterfly all rendered in colorful enamels, the undersides unadorned.
                                                                       10in (25.4cm) diameter

                                                                       US$800 - 1,200

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