L13211

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Lot 1
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A Ge-type bowl Qianlong seal mark and period

Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Porcelain
the gently curved sides divided into six facets, rising from a short tapered foot to a foliate rim, applied overall with a greyish blue glaze suffused with a network of attractive black and faint russet crackle, the glaze stopping neatly above the footring revealing the brown body, inscribed to the base with a four-character seal mark

Provenance

Collection of Garfield McNamara, California.
Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st June 2011, lot 3712.

Condition

There is a 1.5cm glaze crack running virtically from the rim. There are also some pin hole-sized bubbles to the glaze to the interior.
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