Sold for $8,750

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Lot Description

A Celadon Glazed Porcelain ‘Lingzhi’ Cache Pot

18TH CENTURY

清中期豆青釉灵芝花插
well potted in the form of various fungus stems surrounding issuing from rockwork, covered in a rich even glaze with an attractive crackle.

Height 8 1/8 in., 20.8 cm.

Property from a Private Chicago Collection

Acquired from The Jade Dragon, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 21, 2000

Condition Report

Presenting in overall good condition, with expected surface scratching and rubbing, some firing imperfections. The thick glaze having varying depth. Two firing cracks: one to the base, and one crack to the base of a lingzhi stem. Two old restorations that to do not detract from the overall integrity of the piece: one near the base, (approx 1 in) and one to the underside (approx 2 in).

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