A Yue-type moulded box and cover and a pair of small blue and white baluster vases


Song and early Ming DynastiesThe box decorated with flowering peony stems, set on a gently flaring foot; the vases of square section, decorated with stylised lotus and lingzhi sprays. The vases 16.5cm (6.1/2in) high. (4).
|For a similar pair of vases see J. Harrison Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, The British Museum Press, London (2001), p.153, nos. 5:11 and 5:12.