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9417 9420
A LARGE POLYCHROME ENAMELED CHARGER TWO EXPORT PORCELAIN BOWLS
Qianlong mark, late Qing/Republic period 18th/19th century
Its the shallow curving well inscribed in gilt with the characters wan The first painted in underglaze blue with a diamond diaper band
shou wu jiang in circular reserves on a yellow ground with flowering and pomegranate roundel on the deep curving well and flower-filled
gourd vines rendered in famille rose enamels, the reverse similarly reserved of lotus petal shape on the exterior walls (chips and metal
painted with three flower and peach clusters and the recessed base mount to rim); the second painted in overglaze enamels of the famille
bearing the six-character mark in iron red seal script surrounded by rose palette with flowering branches across the floor of the well and
turquoise enamel (wear to gilt and enamels). further floral motifs incorporated in the decorative bands on both
15 3/4in (40cm) diameter sides of the brown-washed rim (hairline crack).
7 5/8 and 9 3/8in (19.3 and 24cm) diameter
US$1,000 - 1,500
US$800 - 1,200
9418
A CONG FORM VASE WITH FAMILLE ROSE DECORATION 9421
Qianlong mark, Republic period A WUCAI PORCELAIN BALUSTER JAR
Potted with a circular mouth, neck and foot on a square-sectioned 19th century
body, the rectangular walls painted in bright colors with opposing Painted with underglaze blue striping at the neck and above the
landscapes and flower and bird panels surrounded by gilt scroll work base, the design of phoenixes in flight amid peony sprays set above
on the pale sepia enamel ground, a layer of turquoise enamel applied a band of stiff leaves rendered in iron red, yellow and green with
to the interior neck and the recessed base bearing the four-character black outlines (lacking original cover, neck cracked).
mark in iron red seal script (retouched chips). 13 1/2in (34.5cm) high
12 3/4in (32.5cm) high
US$800 - 1,200
US$2,000 - 3,000
9422
9419 A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS
A PAIR OF QIANJIANGCAI ENAMELED WALL VASES Guangxu marks
Late Qing/Republic period The walls rising to a slightly everted rim, the exterior finely painted
Of elongated tapering form with a cloud collar crown to the flat back, with Eight Buddhist Treasures (ba jixiang) between a band of key
the front painted with mirror images of two beauties standing to one fret scrolls and ruyi-head lappets; the interior well enameled with a
side of an inscription bearing the cyclical date renyin (1902) and dragon roundel; the base bears a six-character in cobalt blue.
signature Xu Xiting (chips, remains of red pigment). 6 5/8in (16.8cm) diameter
10 7/8in (27.5cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000
US$1,000 - 1,500
The artist Xu Xiting is listed as active during the Guangxu period.
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