A Collection of Nine Chinese Export Famille Rose and Rose Medallion Porcelain Vases

19th century

H: 10 1/4 in. (tallest)

PROVENANCE:

The Estate of a Prominent Philadelphia Lady.

All with rubbing and wear to gilded and painted decoration; light to moderate surface scratches, abrasions, and wear; fritting to undersides; occassional firing cracks as expected. Smallest: several areas with paint loss, lid finial broken and reattached. Lidded vase: small chip to lip of vase, lid finial previously broken off and reattached. Hexagonal-form vase: several areas of roughness to the body, possibly abrasions or irregularities to the glaze. One: with several chips and abrasions to ceramic surface. One: with several nicks and chips to lip, areas of paint loss. One: with four abrasions to ceramic at body, two small hairline fractures to neck and rim. One: with some accretions to surface, two large chips to rim and several very light chips to rim, several abrasions to body, areas of paint loss. One: irregularly formed base, some abrasions to surface, some small hairline fractures. The largest vase: many chips to rim, some nicks and light chips to surface, one large chip to applied finial.