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1972.43-32 (C-587)
Small Vase

Qing dynasty, nineteenth century
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Porcelain with oxblood glaze, 11.0 x 7.7 (4 /i6 x 3)
Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele
TECHNICAL NOTES
A transparent crackle pattern covers the vessel. The glaze pulls
away from the lip. The recessed base and the interior have a
colorless glaze.

PROVENANCE
Harry G. Steele [1881-1941], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele.

HIS VASE is UNEVENLY COVERED by an oxblood glaze
T streaked in many areas. At the foot the pooled glaze
has an opaque, red color. The glaze has been ground off
at the foot-ring, revealing a dense grayish white paste. A
relatively late date is suggested by the poor control of the
glaze coloring and the rather compressed body propor-
tions. Eighteenth-century vessels of this type are normally
characterized by a more attenuated profile.
SL

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