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A LARGE PALE CELADON AND CRACKLE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE
18TH-19TH CENTURY

清十八/十九世紀 青釉膽瓶

The heavily potted vase is raised on a short foot and is covered inside and out
with a pale bluish green celadon glaze sufused with cream and dark grey
crackle.

22º in. (56.5 cm.) high

£4,000-6,000             $6,100-9,100
                         €5,500-8,100

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                                                                                 A ‘FAUX HARDSTONE’ ENAMELLED ‘DOUBLE GOURD’ DISH
                                                                                 REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)

                                                                                 民國 仿壽山石釉葫蘆萬代筆掭

                                                                                 The fat dish is modelled as a large double gourd overgrown with
                                                                                 branches of fruit-bearing vine, a bat sits on its edge. It is decorated in
                                                                                 washed tones of russet and grey in imitation of hardstone.
                                                                                 The base has an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark.

                                                                                 7√ in. (20 cm.) long

                                                                                 £4,000-6,000                $6,100-9,100
                                                                                                             €5,500-8,100

                                                                                                                                    PROVENANCE:

                                                                                                Acquired in the UK in the 1970s by the vendor’s grandfather, then
                                                                                                by descent.

                                                                         來源: 現藏家祖父於1970年購自英國, 家族珍藏至今

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