Blue six character Kangxi mark, but late 19th/early 20th century
Painted with birds amongst lotus, 35.5cm high, adapted as lamps with wood stands
Estimate: | £200 - £300 |
Hammer price: | £900 |
Each vase with a drilled hole through the mark in the centre of the base. One vase has a haircrack to the rim, approx 12cm length. On both vases, one of the colours has misfired/oxidized, leaving areas of a brown tone.
Provenance: Hylda and Lewis Gilbert, Sheldrake Place,
London.
Lewis Gilbert (d.2018), the celebrated film director, producer and
screenwriter, best known for his 007 James Bond movies and Alfie.