A COPPER-RED-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |

the pear-shaped body supported on a tapered foot and rising to a waisted neck and flared rim, covered overall in a mottled glaze of crushed strawberry tones suffused with craquelure, pale celadon glaze at the base and interior, Japanese V-shaped gilt-lacquer repair to the rim, Japanese wood box (3)

The vase with a V- form lacquer repair to the rim approx. 2.5 cm at the longest point and extending 3/4 of the way around the rim; the reddish-brown lacquer repair painted in gilt with a crane. The glaze is uneven towards the base and there is small glaze flaw just above the foot. The foot ring with two small chips.
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