A ROBIN'S-EGG GLAZED GU, QING
A ROBIN'S-EGG GLAZED GU, QING
China, 18th-19th century. The body with a bulbous middle section between two raised fillets, rising from a tall splayed foot to a trumpet mouth, overall with an unctuous, mottled turquoise-blue glaze. Archaistic leiwen and palm leaf decor in high relief.
Condition: Excellent condition with only minor wear. The inner of the vase with extensive calcification from former usage. Scattered small pits and other minor firing flaws.
Provenance: Private collection, Hessen, Germany, acquired in the 1960s/70s and thence by descent in the same family.
Weight: 624.6 g.
Dimensions: Height 21.4 cm.
Illegible six-character mark incised to base.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a related Gu at Sotheby's Hong Kong on May 30th, 2019, in Chinese Art, lot 463.
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A ROBIN'S-EGG GLAZED GU, QING
China, 18th-19th century. The body with a bulbous middle section between two raised fillets, rising from a tall splayed foot to a trumpet mouth, overall with an unctuous, mottled turquoise-blue glaze. Archaistic leiwen and palm leaf decor in high relief.
Condition: Excellent condition with only minor wear. The inner of the vase with extensive calcification from former usage. Scattered small pits and other minor firing flaws.
Provenance: Private collection, Hessen, Germany, acquired in the 1960s/70s and thence by descent in the same family.
Weight: 624.6 g.
Dimensions: Height 21.4 cm.
Illegible six-character mark incised to base.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a related Gu at Sotheby's Hong Kong on May 30th, 2019, in Chinese Art, lot 463.
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Time, Location
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