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A FAMILLE-ROSE ‘THREE GOATS’ VASE 1481
REPUBLIC PERIOD
PROPERTY OF A LADY
of baluster form with a globular body rising to a tall waisted
neck anked by a pair of elephant-head handles, the body TWO FAMILLE-ROSE BUDDHIST ALTAR
painted in pastel tones with three goats amid peonies, ORNAMENTS
camellias, and trees, set between two bands of ruyi lappets, LATE QING DYNASTY
the neck ornamented with a pair of pink bats clasping peaches
above formal lotus owerheads issuing forth scrolling vines each with a pierced standard centered with a band of chevrons
reserved on a pistachio-green ground, the splayed foot with a anked by scrolled leaves raised on a circular platform of
narrow green band with lotus scrolls, the turquoise enameled
base with an apocryphal iron-red six-character Daoguang seal lotus meander above the domed base, with lappets above a
mark within a white cartouche leiwen band encircling the foot, the standard rising to a lotus
Height 13⅜ in., 34 cm center supporting one of the bajixiang, one ornament with
$ 15,000-20,000 a pierced and iron-red painted dharma wheel with a prunus
center, the other with a famille-jaune vase and cover ribbon-
㮹⚳ġġġ䰱⼑ᶱ伲攳㲘⚾尉俛䒞 tied and painted with lotus meander, the interior of each base
˪⣏㶭忻⃱⸜墥˫ầ㫦 turquoise-enameled and with an apocryphal Qianlong mark (2)
Height of taller 15⅝ in., 39.7 cm
1481
$ 5,000-7,000
1482
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT NEW YORK PRIVATE ˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⸜墥˫ầ㫦
COLLECTION
1482
A GILT-DECORATED FAMILLE-ROSE DISH
JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

the gently aring sides divided into four lobes by undulating
chamfered corners rising from a tapering foot, the interior
enameled around the basin and walls with six female immortals
crossing a turbulent sea on mythical animals and log boats, the
central medallion with a pavilion held aloft by the cloud-breath
of a dragon- sh as a crane ies by, the reserve ground entirely
gilt, the exterior and base enameled turquoise, the base with a
six-character iron-red seal mark within a white cartouche
Diameter 9½ in., 24.1 cm
A dish of this type with a similar subject matter sold at
Christie’s New York, 16th September 2016, lot 1377. A related
bowl and cover employing the same decorative technique and
theme sold at Christie’s New York, 21st/22nd March 2013,
lot 1561.
$ 5,000-7,000

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