A pair of famille verte powder-blue vases
Kangxi
The triple gourd vases painted on the lower globular part with two quatrefoil panels enclosing Buddhistic symbols, the central part with fan-shaped panels of lotus and wild flowers, the upper section with smaller quatrefoil panels of a mythical beast and an ox, all reserved on a powder-blue ground (rim chip and small related crack)
26.5 cm high (2)
Lot Essay
See illustration p.55
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