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TWO WUCAI-DECORATED PORCELAINS A FAMILLE VERTE LONG NECK VASE, TIANQUIUPING
17th century Late Qing/Republic period
Each displaying enamels of the famille verte palette combined with The long neck and globular body with applied loop handles painted
underglzae cobalt details: the first a gu-form vase with branches of with cranes and auspicious peach branches, upright leaves and a
fruit and flowers drawn below Flowers of the Four Seasons arranged prominent cloud collar band all colored in traditional palette of black,
in vases amid garden rocks and banana plants (losses, repairs); the green, pale yellow and aubergine against the white glazed ground
second a baluster jar with phoenixes flying amid peony branches that (re-stuck chip at rim); the recessed base intact but the foot now
repeat on the short neck, the shoulder painted in underglaze blue firmly attached to an orange lacquered wood stand that matches a
with a cracked ice pattern (broken, repaired). removable wood cover.
20 and 12in (51 and 30.5cm) high 19 1/2in (49.5cm) height of vase
21 1/2in (54.5cm) height including vase and wood base
US$1,200 - 1,800
US$3,000 - 5,000
9410
A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED PLAQUE 9414
19th century A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED BALUSTER VASE
Depicting the Eight Immortals and an additional panoply of Daoist Republic period
deities within an elaborate cloudy and rocky garden landscape of a Simple in form but intricately painted with seasonal blossoms and
churning river and gnarled pine trees; now contained within a colored bees on the neck and ovoid body surrounding two oval reserves
lacquer frame of shou characters and auspicious bats. of birds perched on rocks amid flowering and leafy branches, the
14 1/2in (37cm) visible height of porcelain interior neck and recessed base covered with a layer of pale gray-
green enamel (base drilled across traces of a reign mark).
US$1,500 - 2,000 7 3/4in (19.5cm) high
9411 US$1,500 - 2,500
AN IRON RED AND GILT-DECORATED ‘PHOENIX-TAIL’ VASE
Late Qing/Republic period 9415
Its elongated trumpet neck and body of inverted pear form painted A PAIR OF GRISAILLE AND FAMILLE ROSE-ENAMELED VASES
with two panels of winged griffins with tails transforming into Qianlong marks, Republic period
peony branches, the design worked in reserve against the iron red Each of square section and angular baluster format, painted in black
ground with some gilt highlights and the recessed base painted in enamel with bands of pendant jewels at the neck and composite
underglaze blue with an artemisia leaf mark. flowers on the shoulder, the walls below encircled with a winter
17 3/4in (45cm) high landscape depicting scholars in a river pavilion and fishermen in
various pursuits drawn chiefly in black with extensive opaque white
US$1,000 - 1,500 highlights and tiny details added in blue, pink and iron red enamel,
the recessed base bearing the six-character mark stamped in iron
9412 red seal script.
A POLYCHROME ENAMELED WALL PLAQUE IN THE SHAPE 10 5/8in (27cm) high
OF A DEER HEAD
Republic period US$1,000 - 1,500
The deer head molded as European style hunting trophy with the
head projecting from a shield-shaped plaque with applied oak leaves, 9416
the surfaces enameled in yellow, green and black and the black- A SET OF FIVE WHITE SGRAFFIATO GROUND DEEP DISHES
painted antlers made of wood (antlers possible replacements, one WITH IRON RED GOLDFISH AND SHRIMP DESIGN
antler broken and re-stuck). Jie zhu zhu ren zao mark, Republic period
8 1/2in (21.5cm) height of porcelain Each dish incised with a wave pattern on the white enamel ground
14 3/4in (37.5cm) height including wood antlers surrounding goldfish on the interior and shrimp on the exterior walls,
the recessed base bearing the five-character mark in iron red seal
US$1,000 - 1,500 script inscribed in reserve surrounded by turquoise enamel(two with
minor chips).
8 1.8in (23.3cm) diameter
US$1,000 - 1,500
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