M3480

Pair of Chinese porcelain famille verte, wucai octagonal vases, painted on each facet with blue enamel, iron-red, aubergine and yellow lotus flowerheads amongst scrolling foliage on a white ground, framed with an aubergine-glazed border, the shoulders with precious objects on different diaper grounds beneath further lotus flowerheads and foliage on the octagonal flared neck, the base unglazed. Kangxi, 1662-1722. One 16 ⅛ inches, 41 cm high; the other 15 ⅞ inches, 40.5 cm high.