Description ovoid, the body painted with six lotus blooms and scrolling foliage divided by Buddhist emblems, the shoulder and base with ruyi-head and wave-and-prunus shaped borders, hairline crack, cracks, 21cm high, with wooden cover
Condition Report The wooden cover with a repair to the inside of the rim in an area measuring 2,5 by 0,7cmThe rim of the jar with two firing cracks measuring 1cm and 0,8cm long with a repair in an area measuring 2,5 by 1,5cm and the hairline which runs into the body and measures 8cm long There is a chip to the inner rim measuring 0,5 by 0,5cmMinor pinhead firing flaws with oxidisation to the bodyThere is a hook-shaped 14,5cm hairline crack traveling from the middle of the body down to the footThere are some firing faults to the base, the largest measuring 1 by 0,5cmAge related wear and surface scratchesThe vase is 21cm high without cover and 22,5cm high with the cover Accompanied by a copy of the certificate.
Provenance Purchased from H Woods Wilson Limited, 103 Pimlico Road, London, SW, 3 April 80.