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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

2187
AN UNUSUAL COPPER-RED-SPLASHED
GREEN-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE
18TH-19TH CENTURY

The vase is thickly potted with an ovoid
body tapering towards the large cylindrical
neck, and covered in a glaze of olive-
green color decorated with three evenly
spaced splashes of pale-aubergine fading
to strawberry-red, and pale green that are
suggestive of peacock feather ‘eyes’. The base
is covered with a pale aqua glaze.
13Ω in. (34.4 cm.) high

$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:

Dragon House, San Francisco.

清十八/十九世紀 綠釉釉裡紅長頸瓶

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