The Tastemaker

with some nice cracquelure / crackling to glaze commensurate with age; the rim possibly ground down and with some loss to height; the base edge with overall roughness and old chipping, possibly a sign that it may have been ground down for a former mounting display; the body with some light scratches, including some vertical abrasions with slight haziness; the gilt bronze rings with some minor occasional green spots of oxidation to interior and underside

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