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838 838

839 PROPERTY FROM THE LOYD F. CRAWLEY TRUST
840
24 SOTHEBY’S A SMALL WUCAI DISH
MING DYNASTY, TIANQI /
CHONGZHEN PERIOD

the interior with owering plants and bamboo
in the foreground and a ock of sparrows ying
above painted in green, yellow and aubergine
enamels outlined in black, the base with an
apocryphal Chenghua mark
Diameter 6¼ in., 15.9 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Sir Michael Butler (according to
label).

$ 3,000-5,000

㖶⣑┇ġİġⲯ䤶ġġġḼ⼑剙䪡梃沍⚾⮷䚌
˪⣏㖶ㆸ⊾⸜墥˫ầ㫦

839

A SMALL UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND
COPPER RED TEA CADDY
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the cylindrical body rising to at shoulder
surmounted by a waisted neck with a lipped rim,
elegantly painted to the lower half of the body
with owers and insects, the upper half with a
poem by You Yi written in stylized seal script,
carrying net, Japanese wood boxes (6)
Height 3⅝ in., 9.2 cm

$ 5,000-7,000

㶭⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ曺剙慱塷䲭剙垚⚾娑㔯⮷勞仸
娑㔯烉
暚梃♜㍍侈忋⣑ġ䳸ᾳ劭咕ᶵ屣拊
㳩㯜䚜忂勞䀞ᶳġ㠭剙攳⎹再⸲⇵

840

PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A PAIR OF YELLOW GROUND
FAMILLE ROSE ‘MEDALLION’
BOWLS
QING DYNASTY, GUANGXU PERIOD

each decorated to the exterior with four
medallions enclosing the characters fu, lu, shou,
and xi, the interior with gourd vines, the base with
a ribbon-tied ingot (2)
Diameter 1¼ in., 3.2 cm

PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 24th March 2011, lot 1827.

$ 4,000-6,000

㶭⃱䵺ġġġ湫⛘䰱⼑攳⃱ˬ䤷䤧⢥╄˭䙴ᶨ⮵