$1,400
Chinese, 20th century. A pair of large and impressively hand painted baluster form porcelain vases with opposing or mirrored decoration depicting a steamship traveling down a waterway with mountains to one bank and various structures to opposite bank, the back of each vase with many sailboats on the water set before a distant village at the mountain's base, the incurvate neck of each vase with gilt endless knot handles and several lines or black calligraphic marks. Unmarked. Approximate height 23", diameter 10".

Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2016-01-02