A RARE PAIR OF TURQUOISE GROUND PORCELAIN "DAYAZHAI" VASES, China, Qing dynasty, Guangxu period (1875-1908)

h cm 75,5

Featuring handles modelled as qilong and are magnificently enamelled with the motif of the “Peaches of Longevity” set within a naturalistic landscape populated with blossoming peach trees, nandina sprays, grape clusters, linghzi, and rocks, all against a turquoise ground. The neck, beneath a band of key-fret and a frieze of ruyi heads, bears an oval medallion inscribed in iron-red with the three characters Dayazhai (大雅斋), while the base is inscribed with a four-character mark Yong Qing Chang Chun (永庆长春), meaning 'Eternal Prosperity and Enduring Spring'.