A pair of Chinese blue and white glazed stoneware jars, each with a domed lid surmounted by a seated Buddhist lion, or foo dog, finial. The neck of each jar carries a Greek-key (key-fret) meander band above four lion-mask lugs at the shoulder. The body of each jar is hand-painted in cobalt blue with a dense scrolling foliate vine centered by flowering roundels, above a lower register of stylized petal panels. The footring is unglazed, exposing the grey stoneware body; the interior is glazed.

Materials: Glazed stoneware, hand-painted in underglaze cobalt blue

Dimensions: 181/2" height x 11" diameter (each), sold as a pair


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Good condition, consistent with age. Glaze throughout has scattered firing pits, specks, and minor glaze skips, with a faint stress line to the glaze on one jar.

Origin:
China

Materials & Techniques:
Stoneware

Details:
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Country of Origin: China

Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Good condition, consistent with age. Glaze throughout has scattered firing pits, specks, and minor glaze skips, with a faint stress line to the glaze on one jar.