A PAIR OF LARGE PORCELAIN BALUSTER-SHAPED VASES SIGNED BY GAN XIN SHI ZUO, China, Republic period, dated 1915

h cm 55,5

Of square-section, with two lion-head handles on the sides, each holding a ring in its jaws. Each side is decorated with alternating female figures and flowers; the pieces bear inscriptions identifying the artist signature Gàn Xīn Shì Zuò (贑新氏作) and recording the cyclical date yi mao (乙卯), corresponding to 1915.

民国  乙卯（1915）贑新氏墨彩“两美同春”狮耳方瓶一对