A pair of Chinese-style porcelain vases, Japan, Meiji period, 46.5 cm high

Provenance: Piguet Hôtel des Ventes, Geneva, 20 June 2018, lot 678

A pair of Chinese-style porcelain vases, Japan, Meiji period, 46.5 cm high

Provenance: Piguet Hôtel des Ventes, Geneva, 20 June 2018, lot 678

Overall wear to the surface
Many surface scratches

Many firing imperfections

Darkest grazed areas to the raised areas of upper and lower rims as well as the knob

Impression of textile to the bases on which the vases have been standing when still wet

Some nicks to the bases

Some chips