A FINE BLUE AND WHITE FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE

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A FINE BLUE AND WHITE FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE
KANGXI PERIOD

Comprising three ovoid vases and covers and a pair of beaker vases, each painted in inky tones of cobalt blue with small still-lifes of 'precious objects' between a wide band of flowering-vine filled lappets above and below, the rims and bases edged in cross-hatch and the covers centered by a flowerhead growing with four scrolling tendrils (one ovoid vase with small filled chip at the base)--11¾in. (30cm.) high (5)