Lot 231
  • 231

A SMALL ROBIN'S EGG -GLAZED WATERPOT QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

of hexagonal bombe form, covered with a thick turquoise-flecked glaze, marked to the base 'Made in the mountain hut by Xiao Qingliang'

Provenance

Tonying et Cie, Paris.

Collection of Hans Ostrom, Stockholm.

Collection of Emil Hultmark, Stockholm, circa 1930.

Condition

With the exception of pinhead-size burst glaze bubbles concentrated mainly to the foot and base, minute nibbles to the glaze around the rim and very light overall scratches to the surface, this piece is in very good condition.
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