Large Chinese Crackle Glazed Censer. Of compressed body flanked by a pair loop handles tapering to a flared rim, covered allover with a lustrous glaze suffused with dark crackles joined by a matrix of fine golden-brown crackles, six spur marks on base, chip on inside bottom rim as seen in the image, fitted with wood stand, 7.2 in wide.
Property of a Vancouver, Canada estate, purchased from John Sparks, London in 1964. Accompanying this lot is a photocopy of original receipt (see item 2) dated June 20,1964.