Lot Essay
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(US$6,000-8,000)
(US$6,000-8,000)
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SET OF FOUR FAMILLE ROSE SAUCERS AND EIGHT CUPS, TWO DEEP BOWLS AND A PAIR OF LYCHEE BOWLS
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A SET OF FOUR FAMILLE ROSE SAUCERS AND EIGHT CUPS, TWO DEEP BOWLS AND A PAIR OF LYCHEE BOWLS
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
Each variously enamelled with green, puce and clair-de-lune archaistic phoenixes centering iron-red dragons amidst lotus below iron-red and gilt bands around the rim (hairline to one bowl) (the bowls 8 1/4 in. 21 cm. diam.); the lychee bowls enamelled around the exterior with ripening lychee fruit growing around bamboo issuing from the base, (6 1/2 in. 16.5 cm. diam.) (16)
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
Each variously enamelled with green, puce and clair-de-lune archaistic phoenixes centering iron-red dragons amidst lotus below iron-red and gilt bands around the rim (hairline to one bowl) (the bowls 8 1/4 in. 21 cm. diam.); the lychee bowls enamelled around the exterior with ripening lychee fruit growing around bamboo issuing from the base, (6 1/2 in. 16.5 cm. diam.) (16)