A PAIR OF ‘DEHUA’ ‘IMMORTAL’ VASES QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each with a U-shaped body rising from a stepped foot to a tall cylindrical neck flaring at the rim, flanked by a pair of ruyi-shaped handles, the body applied with figures of the Eight Immortals below a ruyi band, the neck encircled by a wide keyfret band, covered overall in a creamy-white glaze stopping at the foot