Sale 3767
New York
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17 - 18 September 2015
Price realised
USD 7,500
Estimate
AN UNUSUAL COPPER-RED-SPLASHED GREEN-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE 18TH-19TH CENTURY The vase is thickly potted with an ovoid body tapering towards the large cylindrical neck, and covered in a glaze of olive-green color decorated with three evenly spaced splashes of pale-aubergine fading to strawberry-red, and pale green that are suggestive of peacock feather 'eyes'. The base is covered with a pale aqua glaze. 13 ½ in. (34.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Dragon House, San Francisco.
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