A WUCAI GU-FORM VASE AND TWO BLUE AND WHITE VASES QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY

the beaker vase painted in red, green, yellow and underglaze blue with varying floral sprays and a peony meander around the bulbous mid-section; the blue and white rouleau vase with horizontal bands of decoration enhanced with later-clobbered polychrome enameling; the blue and white baluster vase with flowering plants enclosed within molded petal-form reserves, the waisted neck flanked by gilt loop handles issuing loose rings (3)

Collection of Gino Soldi (1880-1958), Florence, Italy, and thence by descent.

The wucai vase with an approx. 4 1/2 by 1 inch section out of the rim and restuck and with an associate approx. 3 inch hairline crack. The rouleau vase with a crack from rim to base. The baluster vase is in overall good condition with small chips to the animal-mask loop handles. All three with wear and surface scratches consistent with age and use.
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