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Chinese polychrome enameled porcelain covered jar, late Qing/Republic period, of swelling hexagonal section
decorated with coral enameled dragon and phoenix roundels reserved on a ground scattered with flowers,
peach sprigs and insects, the recessed base bearing a Tongzhi mark; together with a lid accented by flaming
jewels, 13.75''h $ 225
Chinese enameled porcelain trompe l'oeil vase, featuring two shaped reserves brightly enameled with
children on a garden terrace and reserved on a silver diaper ground molded with the Eight Daoist Treasures
and lion‐mask and mock loose‐ring handles, a stiff leaf pattern on the flaring neck and a sawtooth band
encircling the tall foot, an apocryphal Qianlong mark on the recessed base, 14.75''h $ 200
Japanese Satsuma‐style Kinkozan studio polychrome enamel decorated vase, the sides molded with various
luohan/rakan (Buddhist holy men) in a brightly colored landscape silhouetted against a dark blue ground, a
shippo‐tsunagi band encircling the waisted neck, the base with a four character Kinkozan mark, 10''h $ 50
Chinese massive underglaze blue porcelain rouleau vase, the cylindrical body decorated with a scene of the
emperor receiving court officials and reversed by another official ocassion on a garden terrace, the base of
the neck accented with scrolls and ruyi heads below further bands heightening a raised band encircling the
neck below a dished rim, the recessed base with a underglaze blue double ring, 31.5''h $ 150
Chinese large red enamel decorated porcelain tripod censor with cover (xiang lu), Guangxu mark and period,
with a waisted neck above a compressed ovoid body raised on three splayed cabriole‐shaped legs and
decorated in shades of red enamel with a dense pattern of stylized flowers and gourds amid scrolling tendrils
repeated on the flat S‐shaped handles flanking the wide diaper‐patterned rim centered by two inscribed
cartouches, one with the Manchu family name 'Hesheli' , the other with the studio name 'Chunyi Tang zhi', the
low domical lid decorated en suite and surmounted by a gilt fu‐lion finial, the interior glazed turquoise, the
unglazed base with a six‐character Guangxu mark and additional ink inscription 'Minguo dingchou nian jiu yue
shiyi ri chong [wai], ye wang miao qing xi dao ren zhi Jieyang shisan yuan' (=dingchou year of the Republic
[=1937] ninth month eleventh day, commissioned by Qingxi daoren of Yaowang temple), 14.5''h, with a fitted
hardwood stand; Provenance: ex‐collection of Mrs. Woo Chen Zon Yin, purchased at Sotheby Parke Bernet,
Hong Kong, November 4, 1974, lot #2, by Reynold Tom of Oakland, now offered by his family $ 19,000
Chinese dark stained hardwood side table, with a rectangular floating top panel and with an ice‐plate edge
above a simple apron with a beaded‐edge continuing on the straight supports with hoof‐form terminals and
joined by humpback stretchers, 29''h x 60''h x 18''d $ 325
Two Chinese hongmu continuous high‐back armchairs, Qing Dynasty, probably 18th century, each with a
shaped top rail suspending a back splat composed of two vertical members divided into three panels
consisting of two removable raised burlwood panels above a small openwork panel of stylized openwork
design, the arms with slightly S‐shaped tapering side supports joined to the rectangular seat frame drilled for
the soft cane seat woven with an 'an hua' pattern, the front with a conforming flat curvilinear apron with a
beaded edge that continues down the front legs to the curvilinear stretcher while the back stiles continue
through the mitered, mortised and tenoned frame of the seat to form the back legs/supports, the underside
of the seat with a palm fiber under‐webbing and one transverse brace, traces of clay and lacquer
undercoating (each leg now applied with removable ball feet, one chair with a repair to the stile), 38''h x 22''w
x 18.5''d Provenance: private Oakland collection; Note: comparable examples in Robert Ellsworth's 'Chinese
Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections', #64 and #65 $ 6,000
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