Lot 215 , A Chinese wucai vase, Transitional period, 17th century, H. 30.5cm, cracked

A Chinese wucai vase, Transitional period, 17th century, painted with dignitaries with attendants in a landscape, unglazed foot, H. 30.5cm, cracked
Estimate £400-600


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.

The jar is badly cracked on two sides, one side has a chip to the rim with a crack extending down to the elbow of the attendant wearing pale green robes, on the opposing side to this the crack extends down nearly to the bottom of the vase and we have put tape on the inside to reinforce the break, there are typical small glaze losses around the rim, there is some wear and scratching to the glaze consistent with age and use and a small glazed patch in manufacture on the largely unglazed base.


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Sold for £2,200