Lot 197
GROUP OF BLUE AND WHITE 'CRACKED ICE AND PRUNUS' VASES
LATE QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
£1,000
Auction: 3 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
清末民初 青花冰梅紋瓶（一組四件）
comprising: a pair of baluster vases with covers; a sleeve-shaped vase with flared mouth rim; and an ovoid form vase with a Kangxi mark on the base, all decorated with flowering prunus branches on 'cracked-ice' ground
Dimensions
largest: 27.7cm high
Footnote
Provenance: The Late Dr Helen E C Cargill Thompson (1933-2020). The Cargill part of the family founded The Burmah Oil Company in 1876, and had interested in the East India Trading Company. Great friends of Burrell.
