Two blue glazed porcelain containers


Late Qing/Republic PeriodThe first a fish bowl planter painted in polychrome enamels with battle scenes in rectangular reserves and landscapes in ogival reserves surrounded by dark cobalt wash applied beneath a colorless glaze that continues into the interior well, the unglazed foot and recessed base burnt a pale russet color (wear); the second a rectangular-sectioned baluster vase with curved corners and leiwen patterns incised on the angular handles, a dark cobalt wash applied on the exterior, thinning to pale blue on interior walls and the recessed base, all beneath a colorless glaze (wear, tiny chips).13 7/8in (35.2cm) height of planter14in (35.5cm) height of vase