Includes a 19th century jar with cover very finely hand painted with the twelve Chinese zodiac animals in cobalt blue, with an apocryphal four-character Xuande period mark to underside, and a 20th century pair of smaller covered jars decorated with dragons chasing a flaming pearl through swirling clouds, both with applied Kangxi period marks.

11.25 in. (tallest)

From the Collection of Mr. Samuel E. Rankin, Gastonia, North Carolina

Tallest jar has large repair to mouth; minor glaze defects to cover.