Four Chinese blue and white vases, Qing Dynasty

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, of pear shape with 'garlic head' neck, decorated with scenes of figures in a garden landscape to cusped reserves, 23.5cm high (restored), together with three blue and white baluster vases, one decorated with peacocks, 21cm high, one decorated with flowers, fruits and birds, 21cm high, and the third decorated with shaped reserves of lotus flowers, 18cm high. (4)

Condition Report
Garlic head vase: visible restored to a fair professional standard.  Appears to have been broken into two or three parts including across the base of the neck and through the body.  In addition there is a very small area of fritting to the rim.
Of the remaining three, the lotus reserve vase has a repair to the rim and is lacking a cover.  The other two have chips to the covers but the vases themselves are intact with some signs of age.
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