13th Jul, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Summer Fine Sale
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A Chinese Carnelian Agate Double Vase, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century, carved as a tree trunk with fruiting peach branches and lingzhi flanked by a conical flowerhead, the reverse with a bat
17.5cm high
Provenance: John Sparks, 28 March 1955
A related double carp vase was in the collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma, another in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in Gugong Bowuyuan Idai Wishuguan Cenpiepin Tumu, pl.1314
Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Numerous small rim chips and flakes around the vase openings. Numerous internal and surface cracks that appear to be natural. The vase has been bonded to the plinth.
Sold with photocopy of original receipt.
Auction: Summer Fine Sale, 13th Jul, 2024
The Summer Fine Sale offers nearly 450 lots of ceramics, Asian art, clocks, rugs, works of art and furniture, including a collection of 19th century Terracotta Campagna Urns from Raby Castle, County Durham, a Lock of Florence Nightingale's Hair, and a French Alabaster Figure Group of the Holy Family, probably made in South West France in the late 14th century. A Private Collection of English Pottery will be offered in twenty-three lots, including numerous Prattware and Creamware figures, and the sale will also include pieces of fine 19th century furniture and good early oak and walnut furniture.
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Sunday 7th July - Friday 12th July 11am-4pm, and morning of sale from 8am
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