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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE                                              A FAMILLE-ROSE ‘PEACH’ VASE                       A PAIR OF LARGE BLACK-GROUND
GARDEN SEATS                                                          QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY                        FAMILLE-VERTE PHOENIX-TAIL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY                                                                                              VASES
                                                                      the globular body rising from a tapered base to   LATE QING DYNASTY
each of barrel form, with raised bosses at the                        a cylindrical neck, painted in bold enamels with
top and base, the sides and top of the seat with                      knotted and twisting peach tree boughs laden      each ovoid body rising from a spreading foot to
pierced coin motif painted with prunus blossoms                       with ripe fruit, blossoms, buds and leaves, the   a ared mouth, painted with birds perched in
centering a eld of bold lotus amidst dense                            base with an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark        prunus trees blossoming alongside bamboo and
scrolled foliate vines, with a collar of ruyi and                     Height 21 in., 53.3 cm                            orchid buds in shades of aubergine, green, and
prunus, the foot encircled by a band of upright                                                                         white against a black ground, with a raised collar
leaves (2)                                                            $ 4,000-6,000                                     of green above the shoulder, tted wood stands
Height 18½ in., 47 cm                                                                                                   (4)
                                                                      㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䰱⼑⢥㟫⚾⣑䎫䒞                                  Height 28 in., 71.1 cm
PROVENANCE                                                            ˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫ầ㫦
Private Collection, Orlando, Florida, 1970s.                                                                            $ 15,000-25,000

$ 3,000-5,000                                                                                                           㶭㛓ġġġ湹⛘Ḽ⼑╄ᶲ䚱㡊⚾沛⯦⮲ᶨ⮵

㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ曺剙丷㝅咖䲳⛸⡑ᶨ⮵

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