A pair of Chinese mirror-black glazed vases Qianlong 1736-95

A pair of Chinese mirror-black glazed vases Qianlong 1736-95, each gourd-shaped body decorated with an unctuous black glaze stopping short of the rim, the interior glazed white, each with a paper label for John Sparks, 12.5cm. (2)

Provenance: Allan Gibson Hughes (1889-1938), of Chalfont, The Mount, Shrewsbury. Cf. R Davids and D Jellinek, Provenance, p.245 for details.