A pair of Dayazhai yellow-ground grisaille-decorated cylindrical vases
Guangxu, Dayazhai three-character marks and Yong qing chang chun four-character marks
Each vase delicately enamelled in mirror image with a red-tongued bird perched on a gnarled branch entwined with tendrils and issuing heavy sprays of grisaille wisteria surrounding the three-character mark Dayazhai enamelled in iron-red within a border of two five-clawed dragons pursuing a flaming pearl, a band of stiff lappets at the foot and ruyi-head at the rim, the underside with the iron-red four-character mark Yong qing chang chun. Each 33.7cm (13¼in) high (2).
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