Pair of “Nanking” vases, Qing dynasty

Pair of white ceramic vases with underglaze blue decorations and bronze applications in relief. They have a wide circular turned mouth, which narrows into an elongated neck, decorated with bronze ears in relief, and resting on shoulders that expand towards a rounded body resting on a flared foot. One of them is decorated with two dragons facing each other on the body and vegetal motifs on the neck and base. The other shows butterflies and large birds with their wings extended flying among branches and flowers.

With seal on the base made in bas-relief of four characters “成化年製”. 

Height: 35 cm