THREE MINIATURE VASES; AND A MINIATURE COSMETIC BOX AND COVER
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THREE MINIATURE VASES; AND A MINIATURE COSMETIC BOX AND COVER

18TH CENTURY

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THREE MINIATURE VASES; AND A MINIATURE COSMETIC BOX AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The first of double-gourd shape covered in a rich cobalt-blue glaze, 4½ in. (10.7 cm.) high

The second of cylindrical shape covered in a coral glaze below the gilded rim, iron-red Qianlong seal mark and of the period (1736-1795) 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high

The third, a bottle vase covered in a pale clair-de-lune glaze, apocryphal Xuande mark, 18th century

The box painted with waves under a blue wash, 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) diam. (4)
Provenance
The gourd vase: K.W.Woollcombe-Boyce Collection, no. 1
The coral vase: Messers. Bluett & Sons Ltd., London
The box: Michael Hatcher, Sold Christie's, Amsterdam, 14 Mar 1984
E.T. Hall Collection, nos. 325, 74, 562, 295
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