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A PEACHBLOOM GLAZED INCISED ‘CHILONG AND CLOUDS’
DISH
Kangxi period
Potted with curved sides rising from a tapered foot ring, the well
decorated with three cloud clusters, encircled by four chilong on
the cavetto, covered with a mottled deep pink glaze thinning at the
rim and edges, the foot with a six-character Xuande mark in blue
beneath a clear glaze.
6 3/8in (16.2cm) diameter
$6,000 - 8,000

清康熙 豇豆紅釉刻螭龍祥雲紋盤

Provenance
Bonhams, London, 20 May 2008, lot 228

A slightly larger Kangxi period peachbloom dish, also with a Xuande
mark, but without incised decoration was sold at Sotheby’s New
York, 19 March 2016, lot 1451.
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A CORAL RED ENAMELED ‘ELEPHANT’ CENSER
AND COVER
Late Qing dynasty/Republic period
The body of pronounced lenticular form, molded with bands of
stylized shou characters and foliate scrolls, surmounted by a neck
pierced with a band of wan characters, the handles and three
feet in the form of elephant heads, the cover with pierced cash
motifs and surmounted by an elephant finial, the unglazed foot
covered with an orange wash and inscribed in ink with a notation
in Suzhou numerals.
10 1/2in (26.7cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

清末/民國 珊瑚紅釉象紋雙耳三足蓋爐

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