Two Blue and White Covered Jars

Description:

Two Blue and White Covered Jars, China, 19th/20th century, both baluster-form, decorated with prunus blossoms, one depicting blossoms on a branch, the other sprigs of blossom, both on a "cracked ice" patterned ground, one jar with a band of banana leaves at the neck, the other with a band of ruyi-heads, ht. to 13 1/2 in.

Provenance: From the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thayer.
Estimate $1,000-1,200

chip to rim of both lids, chip to inside rim of one jar, firing cracks, pockmarks to some areas.


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