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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RICHARD PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MRS. A ‘DEHUA’ FANG DING FORM
LEHMAN GRAY WILLIARD LAMB VELIE CENSER
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
A GROUP OF ‘DEHUA’ COCKERELS A PAIR OF ‘DEHUA’ TREES
AND CENSERS QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY of rectangular section raised on four splayed legs
QING DYNASTY, 18TH 19TH and surmounted by two upright loop handles,
CENTURY each molded in the shape of two intertwined with raised taotie masks and sinuous dragons
prunus with branches luxuriant with new buds pursuing the ‘Flaming Pearl’
comprising a pair of cockerels modeled in mirror and blossoms and supporting two magpies Width 5½ in., 14 cm
image, each with one leg perched on a rockwork perched amid the owers, covered overall in a
support; a pair of censers, each of stepped milky-white glaze, with two tted wood stands (4) $ 1,500-2,000
octagonal section, supported on eight lion-mask Height 11 in., 28 cm
cabriole legs; together with a 19th/20th century 㶭⹟䅁ġġġ⽟⊾䘥慱棽棖䲳溶⺷䆸
PROVENANCE
gure of a cockerel (5) Collection of Mrs. Willard Velie (1866-1961),
Height of tallest 10 in., 25.4 cm Illinois, acquired in Beijing circa 1900, and thence
by descent. Mrs. Velie was the granddaughter
$ 2,000-3,000 of the great American industrialist, John Deere
(1804-1886), founder of Deere & Co.
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⽟⊾䘥慱晬暆㒢ẞ⍲楁㍺ℑ⮵ $ 3,000-5,000

⍲ġ⋩ḅġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġ䘥慱再暆㒢ẞ 㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ⽟⊾䘥慱㠭㧡㒢ẞᶨ⮵

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