Chinese crackle glazed mallet vase. Of cylindrical body with canted shoulders rising to a slender neck flanked by a pair handles to a wide rim, covered all over with a pale glaze suffused with a network of black and golden hued crackles, 6.7"h. Provenance: property from a private estate, by descent. Formerly from the collection of private UK collector Donald Ratcliffe; purchased from John Sparks London. Accompanying this lot is a photocopy of original receipt (see item 2) dated April 7 , 1978