Lot 240 , A pair of Chinese coral ground bottle vases, Hongxian mark, Republic period, H. 14cm, wood stands, hairline crack to one vase

A pair of Chinese coral ground bottle vases, Hongxian mark, Republic period, H. 14cm, wood stands, hairline crack to one vase
Estimate £300-500


Provenance - The owner and her family lived in Singapore in the late 1950s. The collection includes antique Chinese porcelain, jade and furniture her father bought from shops in Orchard Road, Singapore around 1955-59.

One of the vases has a hairline crack extending from the base of the neck halfway down the body with an associated tiny splinter to the coral red enamel around the area, otherwise minor wear tothe gilding, no restoration or chips detected.


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Sold for £750