A pair of fine and rare ‘zun’-type shoulder vases for imperial rites at the Temple of Heaven, with animal-head handles, glazed in a monochrome sacrificial blue

Description:

China, 18th century
H. 29 cm
Former French private property - See a very similar vase in the Saint Louis Art Museum, inv. 166:2014, from the estate of Edith J and C.C. Johnson Spink - The handles slightly chipped; one ear repaired