Lot 462 , A pair of Chinese famille rose hundred boys baluster jars and covers, 19th century, 42cm, wood stands, one jar cracked

A pair of Chinese famille rose 'hundred boys' baluster jars and covers, 19th century, each painted with a festival scene with boys holding banners and lanterns in a pavilion garden setting amid rockwork and trees, 42cm, wood stands, one jar cracked
Estimate £2,000-3,000

The first jar has a tiny burst bubble to the rim. The cover has 3 shallow chips to the edge one with an associated short hairline crack. There is crazing to the green enamelled areas.
The second jar has a long crack extending down from the rim and curving around to the figures of boys holding fish with some old staple holes at the shoulder. There is some occasional crazing to the glaze to the lower half of the jar including to the green enamelled areas. The cover has two shallow chips under the rim one showing slightly when viewed from above.


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