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A FLAMBÉ-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE A MIRROR BLACK-GLAZED MINIATURE R.A. Pfungst Collection no. 625 (label)
18th/19th century BOTTLE VASE Purchased from Bluett & Sons on 20th
Elegantly potted with a tall tapering cylindrical 18th century January 1964 for £5 (facsimile of receipt)
neck and set on a cylindrical foot, covered in The globular vase covered in a lustrous mirror- F.O.S. & M. Dobell Collection no. 47 (label)
a rich streaked deep red, violet and lavender black glaze, stopping short of the footrim Henry Joseph Pfungst (1844 - 1917) was a
glaze thinning to a cream crackled glaze and thinning at the mouth to a streaked British wine merchant who collected European
around the neck rim. brown hue, the base and interior glazed bronzes, faience and drawings as well as
38.5cm (19.1/8in) high. white; together with nine volumes of the Japanese works of art. He bequeathed a
Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society; collection of Gainsborough prints to the
£3,500 - 4,500 R.L. Hobson, Chinese Art, London 1927; R.L. Berlin Kupferstichkabinett in 1913 and
CNY34,000 - 44,000 Hobson Art of the Chinese Potter, London donated various items to the British Museum
HK$41,000 - 53,000 1923. between 1889 and 1914. The remainder of
7.5cm (3in) high (12). his collection was sold at Christie’s 15 June
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A GUAN-STYLE CRACKLE-GLAZED BOWL £500 - 700
The deep bowl covered in a thick pale blue- CNY4,800 - 6,800
grey glaze suffused with an ‘iron wire and HK$5,900 - 8,200
golden thread’ crackle, the base glazed.
30.5cm (12in) diam.

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,700 - 12,000
HK$9,400 - 14,000

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