A PAIR OF BLUE-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE SGRAFFIATO WALL VASE LATE QING DYNASTY – REPUBLICAN PERIOD |

of baluster form, each moulded in relief with branch of peach and a ruyi tied around the shoulder with a ribbon, a bat on the neck, all reserved on a blue sgraffiato floral ground, wood stands

Inspected with the stands attached, the right vase has a restuck chip of approx. 1.5 by 1.5 cm to the knot and a retouched flake to the tip of the ribbon. Enamel flakes to both vases, and misfired at places, especially to the pink of the bats, possibly with light retouching.
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