Lot 224
  • 224

A pair of Chinese blue and white beaker vases Qing dynasty, Kangxi period,

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • Porcelain
  • 26.5cm high
each lobed body rising from a spreading foot to a swelling central section and tall trumpet neck with barbed rim, painted around the exterior with scrolling foliage; together with a pair of blue and white 'prunus and cracked-ice' bottle vases, Qing dynasty, 19th century; and a pair of blue and white 'prunus and cracked-ice' beaker vases, the bases with apocryphal Kangxi marks, Qing dynasty, 19th century

Condition

One of the gu beakers has restoration to the inside of the neck and rim, the other gu has restoration to the rim, both smaller beakers have restoration to the rim and one of the pear-shaped bottles has restoration to the top section of the neck.
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