Lot 160
  • 160

THREE WHITE-GLAZED VASES QING DYNASTY

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

comprising a Dehua gu beaker vase with trumpet mouth and flared foot, incised with leaf-scroll at the waist; a white-glazed cylindrical bottle with rounded shoulder and waisted neck; and a white-glazed gu beaker vase incised with keyfret at the central bulb between plantain blades, with apocryphal Chenghua mark

Provenance

The cylindrical bottle: Kerteux Antiques, Juncal 1120, Buenos Aires, Argentina, before 1960s (according to label).

Condition

Beaker Vase - is in good condition, but has a 1.5cm firing crack and a polished chip to the rim. Cylindrical Bottle: Is in good condition, but has glaze pitting and iron spots to the exterior. There is an inconsistency to the glaze to the interior neck, where the glaze thins abruptly. There is a 2cm band of discolouration to the glaze and small pitting 2cm above the base. Gu Vase: There is a 1cm diameter chip to the exterior of the rim. There is a circular flaze fault to the rim and some pitting to the glaze to the exterior.
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