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A PAIR OF LARGE HU-FORM VASES WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE
8157 AND COPPER RED DECORATION
102 | BONHAMS 20th century
Each of thickly walled pear form raised on a tall foot, a pair of dragon
handles attached at the flaring neck encircled by various decorative
bands, the body covered with flowering prunus branches and a narrow
band of squared dragon scrolls above the foot, all drawn in underglaze
cobalt copper red details beneath a colorless glaze applied everywhere
except the foot pad.
18in (45.7cm)
US$3,000 - 5,000
8157
A FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN VASE
19th century
Of square-sectioned baluster form with a landscape scene encircling
the trumpet neck, flower heads and diaper panels on the sloping
shoulder and characters from the novel Shui Hu Zhuan (The Water
Margin) painted on the four canted walls including Song Jiang, Zhang
Xun and Lu Fang as identified by their name plates, the wide unglazed
foot pad surrounding a square glazed recess at the center.
20 1/2in (52cm) high
US$3,000 - 5,000
