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A flambé-glazed pear-shaped vase A large flambé-glazed pear-shaped vase
18th/19th century 18th/19th century
The heavily potted body curving up from a short foot rim to a wide With a bulbous body supported on a straight foot tapering to a
belly, the flaring neck flanked with moulded bamboo-form handles, all long slender neck, covered all under a rich lustrous flambé glaze of
covered in a mottled purple and sky blue transmutation glaze thinning strawberry-red tone with darker patches and subtle lavender streaks,
at the handles and rim to a mushroom brown hue. thinning at the rim to a beige tone, the base left unglazed.
36.5cm (14 3/8in) high 51.1 cm (20 1/8in) high
£1,200 - 1,500 HK$14,000 - 18,000 £3,000 - 5,000 HK$35,000 - 59,000
CNY11,000 - 14,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000
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