A blue and white crocus vase , 19TH CENTURY | Christie's

Sale 2433

Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art

Amsterdam

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19 October 1999

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Lot 144

A blue and white crocus vase

19TH CENTURY

Price realised

NLG 3,511

Estimate

NLG 1,700 - NLG 2,200

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A blue and white crocus vase
19th Century
Moulded as five baluster vases with barbed rim submerged around a central tapering cylindrical stem with garlic neck and similar rim, decorated overall with scrolling hybiscus below two branches of pomegranate
24.6 cm. high
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