A PAIR OF CHINESE DOUCAI 'SAN DUO' VASES, MEIPING

LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

Each painted with sprays of finger citron, peaches and pomegranates, the fruiting branches divided by flowering chrysanthemums, peonies and prunus, all contained between bands of upright pendant leaves and panels enclosing blossoms, with six character Tongzhi marks to the bases, each together with a wood stand, 19.3cm. (4)

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.