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MONOCHROME CERAMICS

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A WHITE GLAZED VASE                                                     FIVE MONOCHROME CERAMICS
18th century                                                            Various dates
Of meiping form with tapering body rising from a recessed base to a     Comprising; a sang-de-boeuf bottle vase, 18th/19th century (neck
rounded shoulder with short broad waisted neck and applied pair of      cut down), 29.5cm high, a Longquan celadon vase with lotus carved
lion mask handles, all in an ivory-white glaze,                         decoration, (damages), 17cm high, a Longquan celadon incense
36cm high                                                               burner with combed decoration, (imperfect), 10cm high, a later
                                                                        celadon vase with lotus decoration, (cracks at neck), 29.5cm high,
£2,000 - 3,000                                                          together with a white glazed bottle vase with band of key pattern
                                                                        decoration to the neck, (crack at neck),
Provenance: Property of the Maxwell Macdonald family, removed from      31.5cm high
Pollok House, Glasgow
                                                                        £300 - 500
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A LONGQUAN CELADON DISH                                                 177
Ming                                                                    A LONGQUAN CELADON LARGE SAUCER DISH
The slightly domed centre carved with a peony within a lobed cavetto    Ming
and barbed rim,                                                         The flat rim with foliate form edge above a lobed cavetto and central
31.5cm diameter                                                         basket weave design to the centre of the well, (fine hairline crack),
                                                                        36.5cm diameter
£600 - 900
                                                                        £600 - 800
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A CRACKLE-GLAZED AND LACQUERED VASE                                     178
19th century                                                            TWO BLANC-DE-CHINE INCENSE BURNERS
Of bottle form covered in a thick celadon-coloured glaze with           17th/18th century
darkened network of crackle, possibly later decorated with design of a  The larger of cylindrical form and decorated to the exterior with a band
song bird on a fruiting vine,                                           of the eight trigrams above another featuring archaistic dragons on
39cm high                                                               a key pattern ground, all raised on three scroll carved bracket feet,
                                                                        11.5cm diameter, 7cm high together with another smaller bombé
£200 - 400                                                              shaped example with twin lion mask handles raised on a circular foot,
                                                                        9.5cm wide, 4.3cm high

                                                                        £600 - 800

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