TWO QINGBAI BALUSTER VASES SONG / YUAN DYNASTY

both based on metal prototypes, one with fluted sides set with small cylindrical handles, with a petal collar and beaded rim and covered in a crackle-suffused gray-green glaze, the other applied with lion-mask ring-handles, in a transparent bluish-gray glaze (2)

The fluted Vase: Mathias Komor, New York, 1947.
The lion-mask handle vase: Collection of V.W. Shriro, Esq., England.
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1964.
Collection of Pauline B. (1910-2000) and Myron S. (1906-1992) Falk Jr., New York.
Christie's New York, 21st September 2001, lot 465.

The fluted vase: The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, 1957, no. 270.

Both vases in overall fair condition with only minor expected fritting to the relief features.
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