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AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER RED
VASE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

of baluster form, the ovoid body rising to a waisted neck and
ared rim, painted with a scholar playing the qin in a tranquil

garden.
Height 19 in., 48.3 cm

$ 3,000-5,000

㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ曺剙慱塷䲭㑓䏜㚫⍳⚾䒞

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A PAIR OF ‘LONGEVITY’ VASES
REPUBLIC PERIOD / 20TH CENTURY

each of ovoid form with a tapered neck and lipped rim, painted
in mirror images in bright enamels with Shoulao leaning on a
gnarled sta while holding a peach and Magu carrying a ower
basket on a pole, beside the deer a small apocryphal iron-red
seal mark reading Xiaotang, each base with a Tongyunshanfang
seal mark in iron red
Height 9⅛ in., 23.2 cm

$ 3,000-5,000

㮹⚳ġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ䰱⼑暁⢥⚾䒞ᶨ⮵
˪⼌暚Ⱉ㇧˫㫦
⌘㔯烉㙱㢈

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT NEW YORK PRIVATE
COLLECTION

A PAIR OF FAMILLE NOIRE RETICULATED
SQUARE VASES
LATE QING DYNASTY / EARLY 20TH
CENTURY

each carved in high relief around the body with eight panels
enclosing scenes from the Romance of the Western Chamber,
the base with an apocryphal six-character Kangxi seal mark (2)
Height 20⅝ in., 52.5 cm

$ 1,500-2,000

㶭㛓ġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨⇅ġġġ
⡐⛘Ḽ⼑攳⃱掌䨢㴖晽大⹪姀Ṣ䈑㓭ḳ⚾㕡䒞ᶨ⮵
˪⣏㶭⹟䅁⸜墥˫ầ㫦

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