A pair of ormolu-mounted blue and white 'Hawthorn' jars and covers, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | 清康熙 青花梅紋將軍蓋罐一對

A pair of ormolu-mounted blue and white 'Hawthorn' jars and covers

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

清康熙 青花梅紋將軍蓋罐一對

each painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with prunus on a cracked-ice ground, all between chevron bands and a ruyi collar at the neck, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a lotus bud finial

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47 cm, 18 1/2 in.