Sale 6731
London
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17 June 2003
Price realised
GBP 574
Estimate
A GROUP OF SEVEN MONOCHROME VESSELS 18TH CENTURY Comprising a matched pair of lavender-blue flambé-glazed small bottle vases, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; a pair of moulded turquoise-glazed flattened baluster vases, handles missing, one rim repaired and foot chipped, 5½ in. (14 cm.) high; a flambé-glazed small globular water-pot, 2¼ in. (5.5 cm.) high; another moulded with three boys around the aperture reserved on a thick black glaze-ground, 2½ in. (6 cm.) diam.; and a deep aubergine-glazed wine cup, rim chips, 2 3/8 in. (5.5 cm.) diam. (7)
Provenance
The Hon. Mrs. Nellie Ionides
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