明崇禎 青花折枝花卉紋蒜頭瓶

the tapering body rising to rounded shoulders and a tall neck surmounted with a garlic bulb and slightly flared rim, painted with sprays of prunus, peony, camellia, bamboo and lotus, below a narrow band of ascending leaves below the rim

This vase is in good condition, but does ave a number of small iron spots to the rim and a few scattered throughout the body. There is a horizontal glaze scratch to the shoulder 4cm long and various small scratches to the glaze throughout. There is a minor glaze flaw throughout where there are very small dark spots.
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