Lot 456
  • 456

THREE SMALL CAFE-AU-LAIT-GLAZED VASES QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY |

Estimate
500 - 700 USD
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Description

  • Porcelain
  • Height of tallest 3 1/8  in., 7.9 cm
comprising two baluster vases, each with wide rounded shoulders rising from a narrow low waist and flared foot to a trumpet neck, the interior glazed white, with a bottle vase of compressed globular form rising to a tall cylindrical neck to a flared mouth, with white-glazed interior and unglazed foot (3)

Provenance

Collection of Sir George Robey (1869-1954), no. 653 (according to label).
Collection of Ira (1912-2004) and Nancy (1915-2005) Koger.
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.

Condition

The smaller baluster vase with repaired breaks at the rim. Each of the baluster vases with a label adhered to the base. Each vase with minor firing imperfections including iron spots.
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