Jewellery and Oriental Works of Art
Online-Only Auction, 23 - 28 November 2022
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Oriental Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
About this Item
A Chinese famille-rose vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century baluster, the body enamelled to the front and the reverse with a cartouche enclosing a fierce green dragon amongst flaming pearls, with two further smaller panels enclosing a dwelling in a mountainous landscape, against a lilac ground with various blooms and scrolling foliage, the shoulders similarly enamelled against a pale green ground, the short neck similarly decorated, the whole between blue-line borders, underglaze-blue double circle mark, 23,7cm high; another, baluster, the body decorated with a table and jardinière bearing fruit and Buddhist emblems amongst peony blooms, the shoulders enamelled with lappet borders with blooms against a blue ground, the neck with two sprays of peony blossoms, drilled, 15,4cm high; another, smaller, 18th/19th century, the body enamelled with various sprays of flowering blossoms with butterflies and insects above, between stiff-leaf borders, hairline crack to the rim, 12cm high; and a Chinese famille-rose jar, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the ovoid body enamelled with sprays of peonies and various blossoms before scholar's rocks, 9,4cm high (4)
Provenance
Property of an Oriental Collector.
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