CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASE,Qing Dynasty. Bird and floral decoration on turquoise ground. Estimate $800-1,200
PROVENANCE: Estate of Thomas Eliot Weil, Washington DC, American Consul in Chong Qing in the 1930s-1940s. Vice-Consul at Canton, 1937-1938. Third Secretary of Embassy at Nanking 1938-1941, Vice-Consul at Shanghai 1941, in Japanese custody seven months.
The vase was drilled and the hole restored, two chips on the mouth rim.
