Lot 420 , A rare Chinese blue and white two handled baluster vase, Zun, Qianlong period, height 19.5cm, glaze losses around a third of the rim

A rare Chinese blue and white two handled baluster vase, Zun, Qianlong period, applied with a pair of archaistic mask and ring handles, and painted to a central band with flowers, scrolling tendrils and leaves, the shoulder with leaf lappets and repeating ruyi heads and the base with scrolling lappets and repeating scrolls around the foot, height 19.5cm, glaze losses around a third of the rim
Estimate £400-600

There are glaze losses around the rim of the vase approx. a third of the circumference, there is a slight glaze loss and imperfection on one of the ring handles, there is a few occasional minor scratches to the glaze and one slightly deeper vertical scratch to one side, slight blurring to the underglaze blue decoration, otherwise in good condition.


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Sold for £6,500