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1098                                                            PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JEANNETTE CURUBY

PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST COLLECTOR                              A TURQUOISE-GROUND ‘DAYAZHAI’ BOWL
                                                                REPUBLIC PERIOD
A YELLOW-GLAZED RITUAL VESSEL AND
COVER                                                           painted with a songbird perched amongst the branches of a
LATE QING DYNASTY                                               wisteria and pink roses below the iron-red inscription and seal
                                                                mark, the base with a four-character mark yong qing chang
of archaistic gui form, the body with taotie motif on a leiwen  chun (eternal joy and everlasting spring)
ground set between narrow bands of confronting kuilong,         Diameter 5⅜ in., 13.7 cm
dragon-form handles applied to either side, the tted cover      PROVENANCE
with further dragons on leiwen ground and inscribed meng        Acquired in Boston 1940s-1960s, and thence by descent.
jiang dun centered by a square, crenelated knop, all covered    $ 6,000-8,000
in a pale yellow glaze, the interior tted with a separate
conforming liner, both turquoise-enameled, wood stand (4)       㮹⚳ġġġ䰱⼑㜦䞛䵈⛘喌嗧剙沍䲳䙴
Height 8½ in., 21.6 cm                                          ˪㯠ㄞ攟㗍˫˪⣏晭滳˫˪⣑⛘ᶨ⭞㗍˫㫦
PROVENANCE
William Doyle Galleries, New York, 23rd October 1997, lot 320.    1098
$ 3,000-5,000
                                                                1099
㶭㛓ġġġ湫慱ầ⎌㔎
⫿烉                                                              PROPERTY OF A LADY
⬇⦄㔎
                                                                A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ CENSER
            1099                                                QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

52 SOTHEBY’S                                                    the deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim, painted to the
                                                                exterior with a pair of striding dragons contesting a ‘ aming
                                                                pearl’ amidst ery clouds, the rim with reddish-brown slip, the
                                                                base unglazed
                                                                Diameter 9⅝ in., 24.5 cm
                                                                $ 2,000-3,000

                                                                㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ曺剙暁漵㇚䎈䲳䆸
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