A Chinese blue and white vase and cover

19th Century

Of baluster form, the domed cover with lion finial, decorated with Confucian boys standing either side of large vases, surrounded by birds in flowering branches, beneath a diaper panel border to the rim, the base with a border of stiff banana leaves.

38cm high (restored)

Condition Report

Cover finial restored. Vase restored to the rim where there was an apparent chip along with associated cracks running into the body.

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