Asian Arts

Of impressive scale and rich deep blue tone; scattered surface scratches and light abrasions to the glaze, small surface flake to glaze above foot; base presumably drilled; although it was not possible to remove the mounts as they appear to be firmly secured and it would take a more radical intervention to demount to see the underside of the vase and the lip, the quality of the vase and glaze appear to be quite high  The quality of the mounts is also quite high (mounts soiled, and the gilding to the extremities is rubbed), and given that another ormolu-mounted vase from this estate was identified in the photographic archive of Edward F. Caldwel & Co., New York, there is a strong possibility this is Caldwell too and would have been mounted in the early decades of the 20th century; wiring and electric fittings are not guaranteed, and cord has been cut.  Under UV light no apparent inpainting or restoration seen.

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