PROPERTY OF A UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
A SMALL RED GLAZED PORCELAIN VASE
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Details
A SMALL RED GLAZED PORCELAIN VASE
late 18th century
Of pear shape, raised on a short foot rim, the even copper-red glaze fading to white at the neck, the base with a white crackled glaze; together with a blue, white and gilt globular form bottle vase, painted overall with prunus flower heads on a 'cracked ice' ground with gilt detailing; also with two blue and white cup stands, the wide rim painted with a songbird among a naturalistic setting of blossoming flowers and a four character inscription, the exterior painted with bats
53/8 in. (13.6 cm.) high (4)
late 18th century
Of pear shape, raised on a short foot rim, the even copper-red glaze fading to white at the neck, the base with a white crackled glaze; together with a blue, white and gilt globular form bottle vase, painted overall with prunus flower heads on a 'cracked ice' ground with gilt detailing; also with two blue and white cup stands, the wide rim painted with a songbird among a naturalistic setting of blossoming flowers and a four character inscription, the exterior painted with bats
53/8 in. (13.6 cm.) high (4)
Literature
Red glazed vase documented in the Handbook, Lyman Allyn Museum, 1976, p. 130.