Description

Pair of Chinese underglaze blue and polychrome enameled porcelain vases (now electrified), Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century, with a key fret-accented dished rim above a cylindrical neck with a reserve of vases of lush flowers and trays of fruits opposed by the other with a figures on boat enjoying the lake, the rouleau-shaped body with polychrome enameled panels including spotted deer, horses, peacock, beauties and children, scholars accompanied by attendants, ox herd boy flying a kite while reclining on the back on an ox, all silhouetted on a underglaze blue ground with a butterfly pattern, vase: 18.25''h, overall: 33''h; Provenance: purchased from Doyles, New York, in 1980