A PAIR OF VERY LARGE QINGBAI FUNERARY JARS Yuan Dynasty Each with high globular bodies surmounted with a gently tapering cylindrical neck below a garlic-shaped mouth applied with a frilled border suspending small loop-ring handles, with applied decoration in mirror image, the shoulders mounted by a band supporting a ring with moulded figures, all below a dragon modelled in three dimensions coiled around the neck below a large pearl supported on a cloud-form buttress to emerge at right angles from the surface, and with further appliqué figures and animals set around the neck including a phoenix, chicken and tortoise. 85cm (33 1/2in) high. (2). Footnotes: 元 青白堆塑瓶一對 Provenance: Acquired in 1995 (collector's notes) Compare with a funerary vase, 1201-1400, in the Sir Henry Wellcome Collection of the Science Museum, London, accession number A657048 and another funerary jar, Song-Yuan dynasty, on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, accession number C.225&A-1912. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing