£8,000
A massive Chinese blue and white jar and cover, Kangxi period, painted with alternating landscape and floral panels, with matching domed cover, the neck with a band of lotus flowers and scrolling leaves, unglazed base, 59.5cm high, slight faults
Typical minor glass imperfections and occasional scratches to the glaze. The cover has fritting and glaze losses around the edge, a firing crack around the finial and a large chip loss to the inner flange. The jar has some wear and a small shallow chip measuring 5mm x 9mm to the rim. The interior of the jar has two small star cracks which do not appear on the exterior, the unglazed base is a little grubby and has a drilled hole to the centre measuring 13mm in diameter, otherwise in good condition.
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