29297 U Freemans Asian Art - TEXT Part 2 Ev1_Layout 1 20/03/2017 15:52 Page 94
29297 U Freemans Asian Art - TEXT Part 2 Ev1_Layout 1 20/03/2017 15:52 Page 95
ASIAN ARTS
266 A Chinese famille verte ‘figural’ brush pot, bitong kangxi six-character mark decorated with figures in a domestic setting, dressed in courtly robes, among rockwork, pine and plantain trees. H: 6 in., 15.2cm; D: 7 3/4 in., 19.7cm $1,500-2,000
267 A Chinese famille verte hexagonal vase, Gu 18th/19th century painted to the exterior with shaped floral panels and various ‘shou’ characters, the rim with a diaper band. H: 12 1/2 in., 31.8cm $3,000-5,000
268 A Chinese famille verte ‘flower basket’ charger kangxi period, qing dynasty with shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot, decorated to the interior with a central medallion enclosing a flower basket, surrounded by panels of various flowers, the underside with artemisia leaf mark. D: 15 in., 38.1cm $3,000-5,000
265 A Chinese famille noir porcelain figure of a man, with mounts attributed to Edward I. Farmer, New York kangxi period (the porcelain) the standing figure with his left hand on his hip and right arm slightly raised, dressed in a black robe and yellow trousers, with extended tongue and cloud-shaped eyebrows, the mounted on a Rococo style ormolu base, and bearing two painted glass lanterns on a shoulder pole, intertwined with porcelain flowers.
note: The present work is accompanied by a copy of an appraisal letter from Mrs. Alexander Schaffer, A La Vieille Russie, New York, dated June 1, 1978, stating the lamp was made by Edward Farmer & Company, circa 1925. H with stand: 15 1/2 in., 39cm provenance: Mr. Frederick Beckman, Philadelphia Inherited by the brother-in-law of the present owner Thence by descent $6,000-8,000
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269 A Chinese famille verte ‘floral’ teapot the teapot: qing dynasty, kangxi period the baluster body divided into vertical lobes, curved ‘bamboo’ in spout and handle, with an associated Japanese ceramic cover. H: 6 3/4 in., 17.1cm $3,000-4,000
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