Two wucai jars and a pair of blue and white vases


17th century and KangxiThe jars with typical boldly enamelled floral designs; the vases of lobed baluster form with trumpet necks, painted with figural, floral and landscape panels. The blue and white vases: 28.5cm (11 1/4in) high (4).
|Provenance: The jars, Property of Major L.F. Hay, Sotheby's, Lot 143.Major Lindsay Fitzgerald Hay (1891-1946), of Bath, was one of the first generation collectors of Imperial Chinese porcelain in the early 20th century. Sales of his collection were held at Sotheby's in June 1939, and June 1946.