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A PAIR OF CELADON GLAZED VASES WITH UNDERGLAZE                              A GUAN-STYLE CRACKLED CELADON VASE
BLUE AND COPPER RED DECORATION                                              19th century
18th/19th century                                                           Thickly molded with a circular mouth, loop handles issuing from qilin
Of flattened baluster form with a pair of reticulated handles, rectangular  heads at the waisted neck and a body of quadrilobate form raised on
reserve panels at the neck and quadrilobed panels on the body filled        a tall spreading foot, the gray-green glaze marked with long stained
with seasonal flowers in drawn underglaze copper red and cobalt blue        craze lines and covering all surfaces except the iron-washed foot pad
on a white ground surrounded by a celadon glaze covering all other          and five tiny spur marks on the shallow recessed base.
surfaces except the rectangular foot pad.                                   15in (38cm) high
11 1/4in (28.5cm) high
                                                                            US$3,000 - 5,000
US$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance
circular paper label affixed to each base printed L. Michon, 29 Rue des
Pyramides, Paris Chine Ancien

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