A matched blue and white moulded five-piece garniture Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

comprising: three shaped baluster vases and covers and two trumpet-shaped vases, decorated with floral shaped panels, reserved against a wan-diaper ground

All vases with minor rim frits and impurities to the glaze. One trumpet-shaped vase with hairline crack running down from the upper rim (circa 5cm.) and one small chip to the moulded rim; the other with restored chip to the rim and small firing flaws; the baluster vases with glaze chips to the rims, one with firing flaw to the upper rim; one finial to cover restuck. The matched set is in overall good condition. The middle vase on the image is slightly different, hardly noticable. A recommendable garniture.
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