Chinese Bamboo Neck Bottle Vase. The pear-shaped body encircled by three carved grooves above the waist, rising from a short straight foot to a tall tapering neck encircled by two bow-string bands in imitation of bamboo and a broad everted mouth, covered overall in a thick bluish-green glaze suffused with fine crackles, the footring unglazed revealing the buff body, fitted with wood stand, 8.2 in high.
Provenance: Property of a private estate by descent, purchased from John Sparks, London in 1983. Accompanying this lot is a photocopy of original receipt (see item 1) dated October 9,1983.