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Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain jars; Yuan period; of ovoid body with short cylindrical neck and lipped rim; the exterior painted with carps amidst water weeds and other aquatic plants; all reserved on a crackle glazed ground; the body with script calligraphy inscriptions demonstrating the production date and the purpose of the jars as royal offerings to Zhao Mengfu in the year of Zhishun emperor; unglazed base; H: 21 cm, W: 18 cm, 1607 grams each