Two Blue and White Porcelain VesselsQING DYNASTY (1644-1912)清 青花西番蓮紋賞瓶及博古圖蓋罐the first a vase of towering proportion, the body in the form of an inverse truncated coned narrowing at angled shoulders to a lipped neck and everted mouth rim. The body decorated with a primary frieze of radiant lotus heads between bands of petal lappets and crashing waves, the underside incised with a six-character mark. The smaller a slight jar decorated with underglaze blue and red to show a various antiques, the slightly everted mouth surmounted by a hardwood cover. Height of taller 12 3/4 in., 32.4 cm.