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PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
8230
A WUCAI-DECORATED DRAGON AND PHOENIX BOWL
Guangxu six-character mark and of the period
Its wide curving well centered with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl
within an underglaze blue double ring while the exterior walls display
a band of trifid leaves and rope separating each of the bajixiang drawn
above opposing pairs of dragons and phoenix birds amid flowering
branches, the mark written in underglaze blue regular script beneath
the celadon-tinged glaze on the recessed base.
5 7/8in (15cm) diameter
$4,000 - 6,000
清 五彩龍鳳 青花「大清 年 」 書款
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ADA LUM 8230
8231
A SET OF POLYCHROME ENAMELED
PORCELAIN MINIATURE FURNITURE
Republic period
Each piece enameled in a turquoise blue ground and the details
picked out in a combination of yellow, rose and blue enamels:
including one rectangular side table, two square sectioned plant
stands, two arm chairs, one square-sectioned Eight Immortals table,
two square-sectioned tea stools and two barrel-form tea stools.
3 1/2 x 5 x 1 3/8in (9 x 12.8 x 3.5cm) the side table
$4,000 - 6,000
民國 彩 件 雕 組
Provenance
Purchased in 1950
Displayed at one time in the Mandarin Hotel, Hong Kong
PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER 8231
8232
TWO PAINTED BISCUIT HEADS OF LUOHAN
Both heads modeled with detailed and animated features, finely
painted with subtly nuanced skin tones, red lips and hair of varying
shades of gray; wood stands.
3 3/4 and 3 3/8in (9.5 and 8.5cm) height of heads
5 3/8 and 5 7/8in (13.5 and 20cm) height including wood stand
$3,000 - 5,000
雕 羅 像 尊 龍 風格
Two slightly larger heads but of commensurate detail and quality
were published in Simon Kwan, The Muwen Tang Collection: Chinese
Porcelain of the Republic Period [Muwen Tang Shoucang Quanji:
Minguo Ciqi] (Muwen Tang Fine Arts Ltd, Hong Kong: 2008), nos.
97-98, pp. 252-255. Kwan describes one head as ‘attributed to,’
and one head as ‘sealed by’ the notable 20th century ceramicist Zeng
Longsheng (1901-1964).
A group of six heads of similar size to the present lot attributed to Zeng 8232
Longsheng was offered in Sotheby’s, New York, sale 15 March 2015,
lot 882. In addition to these disarmingly idiosyncratic heads, Zeng was
also known for larger figures: see the pair of exquisitely detailed Hehe
twins by this artist sold in these rooms in sale 22510, 10 December
2015, lot 8185.
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