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Lot 26
A Chinese Vase and Shipwreck Bowl
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Includes a Chinese blue and white vase hand painted with waves on the bottom
and auspicious Chinese characters above for "good luck" and "double happiness," the body of the vase rises to flared shoulder that inverts in towards a smaller short neck, and a Chinese blue and white bowl made for the Vietnamese market and possibly from a shipwrecked load due to matte appearance of glaze and style of decoration.

9.5 in.

Bowl has rim chips and loss; vase has a vertical gash to the shoulder and some kiln defects.