A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, 19th century
Of ovoid form with flared rim, decorated with confronting dragons chasing a flaming pearl amid clouds, 30cm (cracked and restored), together with a small blue and white ginger jar and replacement cover, 19th century, of ovoid shape and painted with phoenixes in flight amid clouds, a narrow trellis border to the neck, the replacement cover in turned rosewood, 13.5cm high (chip to foot). (2)

Provenance: Private English collector, acquired in Hong Kong prior to 1989.

Condition Report
Bottle vase: 1/3 section of rim restored.  Figure-8 crack to body with small restoration to centre.
Ginger jar: wood cover is a replacement - original porcelain cover missing.  Two chips to footrim.  Fine abrasions overall - not disfiguring.

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