Lot description
A FINE PAIR OF MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE VASES, MEIPING QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Each vase is sturdily potted with a broad shoulder and waisted neck, the exterior painted in deep shades of blue with simulated 'heaping and piling', with six fruit and flower-sprays arranged in two registers, comprising lychee, peach, pomegranate, peony, prunus and lotus, above a band of upright plantain leaves at the foot, ten petal panels below the neck painted with four floral-sprays 12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) high, Japanese wood box (2)
