A pair of Chinese Nanking crackle glazed famille rose 'warrior' vases with dragons chasing the pearl, 19th C.

H 30,3 cm

The decoration shows two dragons chasing the flaming pearl in the middle of the design, a recurrent motif in Chinese art, with the pearl representing the attainment of wisdom, power or immortality.

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Both vases with four hairlines starting from the top and running downwards. Some baking flaws, especially to the body of the dragons and one on a centimeter of the bottom rim of one of the vases. One vase with minor damage to a claw.