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A CORAL-GLAZED ‘CHILONG’ BOTTLE VASE A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE, HU
20th century The square sectioned vase with peach-shaped moulded panels to
With bulbous body and tall cylindrical neck, applied to the shoulder each side, the waisted neck flanked with tubular handles, all covered in
with a sinuous, clambering chilong, decorated in gilt, the neck interior a blue and lavender streaked violet-hued transmutation glaze stopping
and base glazed turquoise, apocryphal underglaze blue Qianlong seal short of the unglazed foot rim.
mark on a reserved white ground. 26cm (10 1/4in) high
32.5cm (12.3/4in) high.
£1,000 - 1,500
£1,000 - 1,500 CNY9,700 - 15,000
CNY9,700 - 15,000 HK$12,000 - 18,000
HK$12,000 - 18,000
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Provenance TWO FLAMBÉ-GLAZED BOTTLE VASES
An English private collection. 19th century
Each globular bottle covered in a streaked violet-red glaze, alternately
75 thinning at the mouth to a paler hue or a mottled purple colour.
A SMALL GUAN-STYLE CRACKLE-GLAZED MOONFLASK The largest: 40cm (15 3/4in) high (2).
The miniature flattened bottle vase with a short neck flanked with
scrolling handles, all covered in a thick crackled glaze enhanced with £800 - 1,200
black pigment. 16.5cm (6 1/2in) high CNY7,700 - 12,000
HK$9,400 - 14,000
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,700 - 15,000
HK$12,000 - 18,000

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