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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PROFESSOR PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
STANFORD S. PENNER
9406
9402 THREE FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED PORCELAINS
A FAMILLE NOIRE ENAMELED LOZENGE SHAPED VASE Guangxu marks, Republic period
Kangxi mark, 19th century the first a pair covered cups, each with a dragon and phoenix amid
Each side decorated with trigrams and taiji roundels in purple and clouds and flames placed between a pastel meander band at the rim
yellow enamels on a black ground with protruding flanges on four and another of scudding waves above the foot, the recessed base of
corners, the neck and the foot ring painted with geometric and the cup and the finial of the cover bearing the six-character mark in
scrolling patterns, the base inscribed with the six-character mark in iron red regular script; the third a yellow ground birthday dish with the
iron red standard script. characters wan shou wu jiang inscribed within circular roundels and a
11 3/4in (30cm) high central dragon medallion on a yellow ground of flowering and fruiting
gourds, the reverse undecorated and the recessed base bearing the
US$1,500 - 2,000 same six-character mark in iron red.
4 1/8in (10.5cm) diameter of cups
9403 7 1/4in (18.5cm) diameter of dish
A FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASE
late 19th/early 20th century US$1,000 - 1,500
Sturdily potted with a bulbous body rising to a conical neck flanked
by two mythical animal handles, all standing on a raised splayed foot; 9407
the neck finely enameled with a pair of phoenixes among clouds A TURQUOISE GROUND BOWL WITH FAMILLE ROSE
and lotus scrolls, the body painted with dragons in various forms DECORATION
in a cloud roundel against a lime-green ground of floral scrolls and Jiaqing mark, late Qing/Republic period
auspicious symbols; the base bears a Qianlong nianzhi mark in iron- Of inverted bell and covered with turquoise enamel on all surfaces
red and gilt. except the foot pad, the exterior walls also painted in opaque
21in (53.3cm) high enamels with four beasts standing on faceted rocks amid flames and
clouds, the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in iron red
US$2,500 - 3,500 seal script and inscribed China in red pigment (small hairline crack).
6 3/4in (17cm) diameter
PROPERTY FROM A NOBLE FAMILY
US$1,500 - 2,000
9404
A COPPER RED GLAZED VASE WITH FAMILLE ROSE 9408
DECORATION A SET OF SEVEN WUCAI DECORATED ACCESSORIES FOR
Late Qing/Republic period THE SCHOLAR’S DESK
The crazed copper red ground painted in opaque enamels with a Jiaqing marks
cloud collar band and jeweled pendants on the long waisted neck Each painted with figural panels in bright enamels of the famille rose
and butterflies fluttering around gourd vines on the shoulder of the palette and trimmed in various patterns using gilt and underglaze
compressed globular body, the recessed base and interior neck blue: including a quadrilobed brush pot, a square-sectioned covered
covered with craze-filled gray-green glaze layer (foot chipped). censer with cash-patterned opening on the top, a rectangular paper
11in (28cm) high weight, a square seal ink box and cover with canted corners, a
rectangular brush rest for three brushes, an oval water coupe and
US$1,200 - 1,800 a rectangular wrist rest with reticulated sides; all bearing a six-
character mark in underglaze blue seal script and all but the paper
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN HAWAII weight finished with turquoise enamel framing the mark; together
with a red ground lacquer storage box with fitted compartments for
9405 the set.
A PAIR FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED BALUSTER VASES 1 3/4 to 4in (4.5 to 10cm) length of accessories
20th century
Each painted with mirror images of what may be the Daoist goddess US$3,000 - 5,000
Song zi niangniang, the giver of children, wearing a feathered cape
and holding a baby boy as she rides in a celestial cart amid clouds
accompanied by an attendant holding a fan, the reverse inscribed
with a poem and the cyclical year xinchou in black enamel and
the base stamped in black enamel Rongli chuping (wear, one vase
chipped).
11 1/2in (29.2cm) high
US$1,000 - 1,500
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