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A CAFE-AU-LAIT GROUND FAMILLE
ROSE DISH
19th century
The interior and exterior covered with a
café-au-lait glaze, the well brightly enameled
with two kinds of blossoming prunus and
bamboo, and inscribed with lines of poetic
verse and three seals in iron-red, the clear-
glazed base incised with the character yue
(moon).
5 7/8in (15cm) diameter
$1,500 - 2,500

十九世紀 米黃地粉彩梅竹紋盤
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TWO FAMILLE ROSE AND GILT
DECORATED EXPORT WARES
18th century
The first an armorial platter of elongated
octagonal form, painted to the center with
the arms of Morgan impaling Wharton,
above the motto SEMPER IN BONA CAUSA
PARATUS, surrounded by a stylized dart
pattern and floral swags suspended from
rings at the notched corners; the second a
lenticular shaped gravy boat, the well finely
painted with a collection of antique objects
arranged with flowers and fruit, the exterior
decorated with four persimmon sprigs.
14 3/4in (37.4cm) long, the larger
$3,000 - 5,000

十八世紀 粉彩描金外銷瓷器兩件

Provenance
194 The armorial platter: acquired in Virginia,
October 1981
The gravy boat: acquired in 1989

195
A FAMILLE ROSE ‘LANDSCAPE’ TEAPOT
AND COVER
18th century
Of globular form, delicately enameled around
the exterior with a continuous scene of two
figures on a rocky riverbank, with mountains
in the distance, below a puce and black
enameled cell-diaper and lotus blossom
band, the domed cover decorated en suite,
all supported on a short tapered foot ring.
3 4/4in (12.2cm) high
$1,000 - 1,500

十八世紀 粉彩山水圖茶壺

Provenance
Acquired 1989
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