A celadon glazed double-gourd vase Qing dynasty, 19th Century

of characteristic broad double-gourd form with compressed globular lower lobe and onion-shapd upper lobe, covered overall with a pale celadon glaze leaving the mouthrim in white and the counter-sunk concave base with an apocryphal Qianlong minyao sealmark in underglaze-blue

The vase is in good overall condition and the glaze is very even. There is an area of glaze pull at the bottom near the base which circles 3/4 of the way around the vase. A very minor potting flaw on the rim has left a negligible dent.
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