A NEAR PAIR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' VASES

A NEAR PAIR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' VASES
19TH CENTURY

Each decorated with two dragons contesting pearls amidst clouds and wispy flames, four character Kangxi marks, 35.5cm. (2)

Provenance: from the family collection of Henry Ernest Leetham (1861-1923), and Kathleen and Noel Terry (d.1980). The original Terry family furniture is on display at Fairfax House in York; it was donated to the York Civic Trust after Noel?s death in 1980. Henry Leetham is recorded by R Davids and D Jellinek, Provenance, p.290, as a client of both Bluett's and Sparks between 1914 and 1927.