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A CRACKLED APPLE-GREEN-GLAZED VASE; AND A 'BATAVIAN' BOWL
18TH CENTURY AND CIRCA 1750
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A CRACKLED APPLE-GREEN-GLAZED VASE; AND A 'BATAVIAN' BOWL
18TH CENTURY AND CIRCA 1750
The vase with a globular body surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck, covered on the exterior with an even green glaze with fine dark grey crackles, 6 5/16 in. (16 cm.) high; the bowl painted in underglaze-blue with a landscape around a central flower spray, the exterior glazed brown, rim crack, 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
The bowl:
The Nanking Cargo, Christie's Amsterdam, 28 April-2 May 1986
E. T. Hall Collection, no. 355 and 216
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
Lot Essay
A very similar vase in the C. S. Ko Collection is illustrated in Chinese Porcelain: The C. S. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, vol. I, no. 154.
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