A LARGE BLUE-GLAZED HANDLED BALUSTER VASE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG / JIAQING PERIOD |

the tall ovoid body rising from a splayed foot to a trumpet neck flanked by pierced dragon handles and surmounted by a flared, galleried rim, covered overall in a vitreous deep blue glaze thinning at the contours of the handles, the interior glazed white and the base unglazed

Collection of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, later 1^st Baron Hesketh (1881-1944).
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.

With a restored break at the mouth measuring approx. 7.5 cm wide, otherwise with minor firing imperfections including kiln flakes at the foot and burst glaze bubbles. The glaze with a network of craquelure and a label adhered to the base.
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