A pair of blue and white 'hundred antiques' beaker vases

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

清康熙 青花博古花鳥圖大花觚一對

each rising from a slightly spreading foot to a columnar body flaring gently at the rim, painted in rich cobalt blue with shaped panels enclosing either auspicious and scholarly objects or bird and flower vignettes, all set against a blue ground densely patterned with scrolling white lotus in reserve, a chevron band at the mouthrim and another at the foot (2)

Height 20 ? in., 52.3 cm