A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GU-FORM VASES, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GU-FORM VASES

QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each supported on a slightly splayed foot with a central bulb rising to a flaring rim, decorated with shou characters in square cartouches, the neck decorated with three shaped-cartouches painted with peonies, chrysanthemum and prunus issuing from rockwork, all reserved on a diaper ground 

height 18 ¾ in.; 47.6 cm