A SMALL AUBERGINE-GLAZED VASE; AND A YELLOW-GLAZED SPILL-VASE
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A SMALL AUBERGINE-GLAZED VASE; AND A YELLOW-GLAZED SPILL-VASE

KANGXI (1662-1722) AND 19TH CENTURY

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A SMALL AUBERGINE-GLAZED VASE; AND A YELLOW-GLAZED SPILL-VASE
KANGXI (1662-1722) AND 19TH CENTURY
The aubergine vase of square section with tapering sides, applied at the shoulders with two lion-mask handles, covered in a glossy violet-blue glaze thinning slightly along the extremities and stopping neatly around the unglazed base, Kangxi, 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) high; the spill vase modelled as a bamboo branch, covered overall in a finely crackled rich yellow glaze, 19th century, 5 1/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
The aubergine vase: Gwan Collection
E. T. Hall Collection, nos. 42 and 117
Exhibited
The aubergine vase:
Oriental Ceramic Society Exhibition, possibly Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, London, 1948, no. 233
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