THREE WHITE-GLAZED SOFT-PASTE VESSELS QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY |

the first, a vase of compressed baluster form, supported on a high foot and rising to a waisted neck set with mask form handles to either side below the foliate rim, with molded decoration, the lobed body with a central shou character and scattered auspicious emblems; the second, a waterpot modeled in the form of a coiled catfish; the third, a vase of hexagonal section, the tapering body below sharply canted shoulders flanked by a pair of applied lion-mask ring handles (3)

The baluster vase:
Collection of João José da Silva, Portuguese Ambassador to China, 1887-1889.
The Telecky Collection.
Jadestone Gallery, Portland, 2005.

The catfish-form waterdropper:
Collection of Jerry Lamb.

The hexagonal vase:
Stevens Family Collection.

The large vase is in good overall condition, the base is slightly uneven. The faceted vase has restoration to the rim and several body cracks. The catfish-form waterpot is in good overall condition. All three have expected wear, minor imperfections and characteristic craqueleur overall.
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