Lot 130: A 'Famille-Rose' Faux-Bois-Decorated Ginger Jar Qing dynasty, 19th Century

the ovoid jar tapering to the foot, with low lip, the body painted with flowering prunus, a rose and butterflies against a faux-bois ground, with pierced and carved wood stand and cover, the cover inset with an incised celadon jade plaque; together with a blue and white bottle vase, 19th century, with tall waisted neck over a compressed globular body and straight foot, the body painted with Ming-style lotus scrolls, the shoulder and lip with lotus, the neck with plantain leaves, the mouth with scroll band, the foot with petal band over waves, underside with a double ring, and a yellow-ground 'dragon' dish, late 19th/early 20th century, the circular saucer dish incised with a five-clawed dragon among flames, enameled green, the exterior incised with two dragons pursuing 'pearls' among flames, similarly enameled, underside with six-character Guangxu mark in underglaze blue (5)

measurements note height of jar 7 1/8 in., 18 cm height of vase 15 3/8 in., 39 cm diameter of dish 10 3/4 in., 27.3 cm

The blue and white vase and the dish: Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, circa 1923, Handbook of a Collection of Chinese Porcelains Loaned by A. Burlingame Johnson, cat.nos 97 and 178, respectively, both illustrated.

Senator A. Burlingame Johnson (by 1923).
Thence by descent to the current owners.

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SENATOR A. BURLINGAME JOHNSON