Important Americana
Catalog Information: 613 lots | 609 with images
Date: 2004
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Lot 50: A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-VERTE ÉCUELLES AND COVERS CIRCA 1720
each of cylindrical form set with two scroll handles, painted on each side with an exotic bird perched amongst peony branches beneath a narrow flower and foliate border, the flattened cover with a similar border around four peony flowers and an evert [...more]
Lot 51: A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-VERTE CIRCULAR DISH KANGXI (1662-1722)
boldly painted with a central flower and foliate medallion within a border of radiating flower panels and a narrow foliate border at the rim, artemesia leaf mark in underglaze-blue. Some rim frits.
Lot 52: A PAIR OF CHINESE GLAZED BISCUIT LION DOGS KANGXI (1662-1722)
each modelled seated on a pierced plinth, one with a puppy, the other with a pierced ball, their heads with loose eyes and open mouths. Minor restoration and repair.
Lot 53: TWO CHINESE EXPORT POWDER-BLUE AND FAMILLE-VERTE PUNCH BOWLS CIRCA 1700-20
the larger example decorated on the exterior with a wide powder-blue band gilt with peony meanders between narrow borders of prunus, the interior with two similar borders centered by a large gilt mon; the smaller painted on the exterior with lappet p [...more]
Lot 54: A PAIR OF SAMSON LARGE POWDER-BLUE GROUND CHINESE EXPORT STYLE CHARGERS LATE 19TH CENTURY
each painted in the center in a famille-verte palette with a lion-dog and a phoenix reserved within a barbed panel, the powder-blue ground further reserved on the rim with eight smaller panels of mythical beasts and precious objects, painted swastika [...more]
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