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A LARGE LONGQUAN ‘YEN-YEN’ VASE
Ming dynasty, 15th/16th Century
The ovoid body tapering to a high shoulder and cylindrical neck carved
overall with floral decoration to the body and and trumpet mouth.
17 1/2in (44.4cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000

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A PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF DANCER
Tang dynasty
The provocative figure captured with arms gracefully extended and
sleeves flowing, the tunic and skirt heightened in carmine pigment.
11in (28cm) high

$500 - 700

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TWO GLAZED BUFF POTTERY VASES
Liao dynasty (907-1125)
Each slender ovoid body tapering to a high shoulder. long neck and
everted rim, the taller with a dry green glaze; the other amber-glazed
on a pale wash over the buff stoneware,
12 1/8in high and 9 ¾ inches high (31.2cm and 24.7cm) high

$1,500 - 2,500

Provenance
The collection of Mrs. Holland Erskine, Piedmont California
The green glazed amphora with accompanying document from the
M. H. de Young Memorial Mueum, dated September 15th, 1959, for a
“Collector’s Choice” loan ehibition.

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A LONGQUAN GUAN-TYPE TWO-HANDLED BOMBE CENSER
Song/Yuan dynasties
521 The bombe body rising from a low foot and tapering i to a double
A DARK-GREEN CRACKLED-GLAZED OVIFORM VASE ribbed neck set off by paired bovine handles below a flared rim,
six-character Qianlong mark, later Qing Dynasty covered in and out with a pale blue-green glazed of complex
The ovoid body tapering into to a high waist and cylindrical neck below craquelure, the foot rim burnt orange in firing.
a flared rim, covered overall with an apple-green glaze of fine crackle. 10in (25.4cm) across handles
17 1/2in (44.4cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500
$1,500 - 2,500

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