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8215
A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE PHOENIX DISHES
Guangxu six-character marks and of the period
Painted in shades of deep blue with a pair of opposing
phoenixes amid clouds filling the circular roundel at the
base of each wide curving well and repeating on the
exterior walls, the recessed base centered by the six-
character mark in standard script.
6 3/4in (17.2cm) diameters

$5,000 - 7,000

清 青花鳳紋 一 青花「大清 年 」 書款

8216
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE VASE
Late Qing/Republic period
Sturdily potted with a waisted neck supporting tubular
bamboo form handles above an inverted-bell form body all
raised upon a sturdy foot, the sides covered in concentric
bands of wave patterns, vine and lotus motifs, and ruyi
lappets, the recessed base unmarked.
22in (56cm) high

$10,000 - 15,000

8215 青花花 紋 耳

8216 Numerous vases of similar shape, design, and date have
122 | BONHAMS been offered in these rooms before: see sale 21773 of 25
June 2014, lot 6316; sale 21821 of 17 December 2014, lot
9463 (a pair); and sale 22378 of 10 March 2015, lot 8153.

PROPERTY FROM A
SONOMA COUNTY COLLECTION

8217
A SKY BLUE GLAZED POMEGRANATE VASE
Haoran Tang mark, Daoguang period
Of globular form with a waisted neck flaring into five
everted lobes to form the fruit’s stem, the front displaying
a flowering branch and the back a single flowering sprig
in raised light slip beneath a pale lavender blue glaze that
also covers the concave base with the three-character
mark written in darker cobalt blue, the foot pad left
unglazed.
3 1/2in (8.5cm) high

$5,000 - 7,000

清 石 尊「 」款

For a comparable example in the British Museum, see
Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, 1971 (4th
edition), Plate CIV 3c (3.3in high); the vase with smaller
lobes to the neck sold in China Guardian Auction, Beijing,
26 November 2003, lot 1372 (8cm [3 1/8in] high); and the
pair of similar form to this lot, sold in Sotheby’s, New York
sale, 20 March 2012, lot 247 (3 1/3in [8.6cm] high).