Lot 216 , A Chinese flambe glaze pear shaped vase, hu, late 19th / early 20th century, height 29.5cm, foot rim chips

A Chinese flambe glaze pear shaped vase, hu, late 19th / early 20th century, the shoulder modelled with a pair of deer head handles, height 29.5cm, foot rim chips
Estimate £300-500

Provenance: The vendor's Great Aunt acquired this vase before 1940


There is a fine crackle to the glaze all over, occasional tiny 'bruises' to the glaze around the middle of the body, the foot has been ground off with a few small splinter losses to the glaze on the edge, there is also a couple of splinter chips on the inside of the foot and a few feint hairline cracks extending across the visible biscuit on the foot but these do not appear to extend further upwards, in reasonable condition.


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Sold for £3,600