A 'GE-TYPE' DOUBLE-GOURD VASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the tapering square body rising from a short tapering foot to a pear-shaped upper section, covered overall with a pale-grey glaze suffused with a matrix of dark-grey and gold crackles

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 196.

This vase is in good condition, but does have glaze crawls to the bottom of the vase where it meets the foot. There is some minor scratches the upper section to one side. There is some pinholes to various areas of the glaze.
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