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1360    PROPERTY FROM THE LAI FAMILY COLLECTION

1361                                                1360
                                                     AN UNUSUAL COPPER-RED GLAZED
A PAIR OF LARGE BLUE-GLAZED                          DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
HU-FORM VASES
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)                           18TH-19TH CENTURY

Each vase is thickly potted in imitation of         The vase is thickly potted with bulbous
an ancient bronze form and are applied with         lower section and smaller upper section
molded mask-and-ring handles. There is a            which rises to the narrow mouth rim, and
double blue circle painted in under glaze           is covered in a glaze of crushed-strawberry
blue on the base.                                   tone which thins to a pale greenish-blue on
                                                    the upper bulb. The interior of the neck
24√ in. (63.2 cm.) high  (2)                        and base are covered with a crackled pale
                                                    greenish-blue glaze.
$4,000-6,000                                        9º in. (23.5 cm.) high
                                                    $4,000-6,000
清光緒 藍釉鋪首啣環耳瓶一對
                                                     清十八/十九世紀 紅釉葫蘆瓶

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