GE-TYPE CRACKLE-GLAZED VASE
MING DYNASTY
£1,875
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
明 仿哥釉洗口瓶
sturdily potted on a short ring foot, the ovoid body rising to a waisted neck and inward curving wide mouth, applied overall save for the foot with a creamy white glaze with a network of black and faint russet crackles, with a tomabaku box
Dimensions
24cm high
Footnote
Provenance: Private Taiwanese collection, formally in a private Japanese collection
Note: the form of this vase mainly existed during the Ming dynasty and especially popular in the Wangli period, two Ge-type crackle-glazed vases of the same shape and dated to Ming dynasty are respectively in the Zhangzhou Museum and Xiamen Museum.