TWO PIECES OF CHINESE GE-TYPE WARE,Qing dynasty, 18th century. Tripod censer and shallow bowl; each covered with bluish-grey glaze suffused with wide network of black ("iron-wire") crackle joined by finer gold ("golden thread") crackle, which continues on the bowl's base; seven spur marks filled with brown slip - Bowl: 9 1/2 in. diam; censer: 7 in. diam. Estimate $400-600
PROVENANCE: Estate of Samuel M. Hyatt, London, Berlin and Wasington, DC
Bowl: One of the crackles became a hairline which appears also on the foot. Shallow bowl: The shallow bowl has several chips of different sizes on the mouth rim.
