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modeled after the archaic gu form,  the flaring upper register painted with figures offering tribute to an official amidst a garden setting below a band of cracked-ice pattern encircling the mouth, the blooms borne on leafing stems, the lower section with fruiting sprigs of peaches and pomegranates

Bluett and Sons，倫敦，（標籤）
Gino Soldi (1880-1958) 收藏，佛羅倫薩，意大利，此後家族傳承

There is some scattered dark speckling which is particularly visible at the rim, mouth and base from firing. There is a glaze flaw to the interior. The surface with wear and light scratching consistent with age and use.
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