17th century
Each of baluster form, with a gently tapered body, one decorated with elephant-head handles below two stepped bands to the shoulder; the other with lion-head handles, the body applied to one side with elegant branches of flowering prunus and a swirling floral border applied across the shoulders.
The largest: 22cm (8 5/8in) high.
Footnotes
十七世紀 德化窯瓶兩件
Provenance: Acquired from Christie's, 2006 (the prunus vase)(collector's notes)
Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London (the elephant vase)(dealer's hand-written note)
Published and Illustrated: M. White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol. 4, n.p., 2023, p.307