A GROUP OF WHITE-GLAZED MINIATURE VESSELS TANG DYNASTY AND LATER

comprising: three ewers, a compressed globular bowl, a bowl with rope-twist handle, a pear-shaped vase, and a globular vase moulded with overlapping leaves and surmounted with a broad flaring neck

C.T. Loo, Paris (moulded vase; according to label).

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 479 (moulded vase).

left on catalogue image: Tiny nibbles to rim, but in otherwise good condition. Note there is additional Exhibition history: Mostra D'Arte Cinese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954 (according to label). second from left on catalogue image: Good overall condition, with minor potting flaws original to the firing. Note there is additional Exhibition history: Mostra D'Arte Cinese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954 (according to label). third from left on catalogue image: Chips to the rim, one with an associated hairline crack 7 mm. Two small chips to foot. Pinhole near the base of the handle. center on catalogue image: Craquelure and hairline cracks on the upper section of the neck, where the metal mount joins. Tiny pinhole and scattered specks of kiln grit on body. Otherwise good condition. third from right on catalogue image: Firing flaw on mouth, kiln adhesion on body, nibbles on approximately 1/2 of foot rim. Minor iron spots and glaze pull. second from right on catalogue image: Good condition with small chip on spout and one on foot. Note there is additional Exhibition history: Mostra D'Arte Cinese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954 (according to label). right on catalogue image: A 5 mm crack on rim, 2 mm wide pinhole, glaze pull and minor craquelure. Note there is additional Exhibition history: Mostra D'Arte Cinese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954 (according to label).
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