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CERAMICS
PROPERTY FROM THE PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, 9283
PORTLAND, OREGON, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE MUSEUM A BLACK GLAZED LONG NECK VASE
ACQUISITION FUND Late Qing/Republic period
The waisted neck separated from the globular body by a raised ridge
9280 along the shoulder, the black glaze limited to the outside edge of the
A PAIR OF POLYCHROME ENAMELED PORCELAIN PLANTERS tall foot and exterior walls with a colorless glaze exposing the white
20th century fabric along the rim, inside neck and the recessed base (minor glaze
Each of fish bowl form painted in iron red, green and black with flaws).
carp and water weeds on the interior walls, the exterior illustrating 15 1/4in (38.8cm) high
episodes from the novel Shuihu Zhuan (The Water Margin), as
suggested by the inscription xi liangshan, the retreat on Mount Liang US$1,000 - 1,500
where the outlaw hero Song Jiang and his companions took refuge
from the army sent against him by the Song emperor seated in 9284
audience on another side of each planter (staining from use). A GROUP OF THREE MONOCHROME GLAZED CERAMICS
18 1/2in (47cm) diameter The first a mustard yellow glazed meiping vase with impressed
dragon design bearing a six-character Qianlong mark inscribed in
US$2,000 - 3,000 underglaze blue seal script to the base; the second a dark blue
glazed gu-form vase with exaggerated flare to the rim of the trumpet
9281 neck, the brown fabric visible on the wide unglazed base; the third a
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED ‘HUNDERED dark chocolate brown slip glazed stoneware bottle vase with flared
CHILDREN’ BOWLS rim on the waisted neck.
Qianlong marks, Late Qing/Republic period 10 7/8 to 8 3/4in (27.5 to 22cm) height of vases
Each painted in bright enamels with children frolicking in a garden
setting, the interior centered with five bats around a shou medallion in US$1,500 - 2,500
iron red on the turquoise enamel ground also applied to the recessed
base with a rectangular reserve bearing the six-character mark in iron 9285
red seal script. A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ARCHITECTURAL TILE
6 1/2in (1.5cm) diameter 19th century
Of square section with a hollow interior and pairs of apertures cut
US$1,000 - 1,500 into three of the four unglazed side walls, the front painted with two
birds and a lotus rising from a central rock and waves beneath a
9282 colorless glaze that also covers the reverse (old chips).
A GROUP OF FIVE SMALL MONOCHROME PORCELAINS 11 5/8 x 11 5/8 x 2 3/8in (29.5 x 29.5 x6cm)
Qing dynasty
Including a yellow glazed long neck vase with a globular body, the US$1,000 - 1,500
recessed base with an incised Daqing Qianlong nian zhi mark; the
second a yellow glazed dish, the interior well incised with a five-
clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl amidst clouds (soiling, with a
long crack); the third a small green and crackle glazed water coupe;
the fourth and fifth each glazed in peach bloom and bearing a Kangxi
mark to the base, one designed as an amphora vase, the other
a water coupe with a high shoulder that descends into a sunken
channel encircling the short waisted neck [5].
6 1/8in (5.5cm) height of first
US$1,000 - 1,500
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