A TURQUOISE-GLAZED DOUBLE-GOURD VASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |

the ovoid lower bulb and tapering upper bulb covered overall with a rich peacock-blue glaze suffused with a network of fine crackle and extending to the interior of the mouth, pooling at the waist and above the foot, with black glaze applied to the rim and the countersunk base left unglazed

Collection of Walter Bareiss (1919-2007).
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Peters (1854-1921), no. 1237.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet New York, 12^th-14^th January 1944, lot 304.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

In overall good condition with slight kiln adhesion during the firing visible on the base and a hairline crack running through the base and up the sides of the foot about 4 cm. Two labels adhered to the base and two red pen inventory markings as well.
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