Two Chinese soft-paste porcelain Dutch-decorated vases mid 18th century

Two Chinese soft-paste porcelain Dutch-decorated vases mid 18th century, the varied hexagonal forms applied with small squirrels amongst grapevine, later decorated with high-handled baskets of flowers, shaped panels of a fisherman beside buildings to the foot, with birds in flight above, the applications with polychrome enamelling, and a Delft buttertub painted in doré enamels with a similar Kakiemon-style design of a figure in a boat, 18.2cm max. (3)

Provenance: the Helen Espir Collection, nos. 447, 448 and 714.