Sale 1760
New York
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29 March 2006
Price realised
USD 2,640
Estimate
A SMALL GUAN-TYPE RECTANGULAR VESSEL 18TH/19TH CENTURY Of square section, the thick-walled sides covered on the exterior with a pale greyish-blue glaze suffused with a network of dark grey and golden crackle that continues over the rim, the base similarly glazed within the dark brown-dressed foot, the interior with a thin glaze wash 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
Provenance
J. T. Tai & Co., Inc., New York, November 1963. Collection of William B. Jaffe, New York.
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