A pair of Yixing square-section flasks or vases each side applied with three birds in flight...

£600 - £800

£1,100

A pair of Yixing square-section flasks or vases each side applied with three birds in flight above or perched below prunus branches on a diaper ground, the necks metal-mounted and with metal covers, 24cm. (4) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Cf. Christiaan Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p.250 for a related canister.