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A POLYCHROME ENAMELED PORCELAIN VASE
Qianlong mark, Republic period
Thickly potted and molded with eight raised panels displaying brightly
hued seasonal blossoms in alternation with transcriptions of poems
composed by the emperor Qianlong in black enamel and bearing iron
red seals reading Qianlong and bingshu (the cyclical year equivalent
to 1766), the surrounding surfaces painted with further flowers, leaf
scrolls, bats and suspended chimes in similar bright colors set amid
feathery scrolls drawn in iron red, turquoise enamel covering the neck
and recessed base centered with a square reserve bearing the six-
character mark in iron red seal script.
15 3/4in (40cm) high
$7,000 - 9,000
民國 彩 紋 花紋 「大清乾隆年
」篆書款
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PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS Provenance
acquired by Dr. Michael Klatchko in Shanghai in the 1920s
8224 8226
A CREAM-GLAZED FIGURE OF GUANYIN A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED
Enveloped in a long mantle that covers her head and body, a lingzhi AND GILT PAINTED DRAGON BOWLS
fungus spray applied to the front of her coiffure and a bead necklace Qianlong marks, Republic period
visible on her chest as she sits in royal ease with her right hand holding The deep curving side walls of the identical pair regally decorated to the
a small scroll on a separately molded base encircled with overlapping exterior with two opposing reserves, each framing a pair of dynamic five-
leaves, the craze-filled glaze covering all surfaces except the flat base clawed dragons pursuing a flaming pearl over crashing ocean waves
centered with a circular firing hole and bearing an inscribed cyclical above an auspicious bat, surrounding by numerous chrysanthemum
date da Ming Wanli yimao year (1615), and the long dedication naming flower heads lavishly painted in pleasant enamels against a gilt ground
Kaiyuan temple, Dongxi village outside the eastern gate of Tongan picked out between a key-fret band beneath the gilt rim and a border of
county, Zhangzhou-fu and the donor Mrs. Lin of the Shi family. stylized lappets encircling the slightly inwarded foot ring with an additional
22in (56cm) high key-fret band and gilt highlight, the interior well painted with a yellow
ground roundel, depicting a front-facing dragon and a flaming pearl
$10,000 - 15,000 amongst cloud scrolls; the recessed base of each bowl centered with a
square cartouche of the four-character mark in red against a gilt ground.
白像 6 5/8in (16.8cm) diameter
2 13/16in (7.2cm) high
The prototype for this lot appears to be the late Ming cream glazed $6,000 - 8,000
porcelain seated figure of Guanyin, carved with an identical inscription
on its base and ascribed to the Zhangzhou kilns of Fujian. See He Li, 民國 彩 金雙龍 珠紋 一 金「乾隆年 」 書款
Chinese Ceramics: a new comprehensive survey from the Asian Art
Museum of San Francisco, 1996, cat. no. 507, illustrated p. 245 and Provenance
discussed pp. 261-262. Acquired 18 April 2003 from Retrospection Fine Antiques, Oregon
Collection of a Marquis, Silverton, Oregon, by repute
Collection of John Schiess
Collection of Brooks and Dorothy Cofield
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