Lot 175. A good pair of Chinese blue and white 'Venetian' Vases, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Est: £700–1 000. Sold for £700. Photo Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions

the ovoid bodies and flared cylindrical necks, with pierced handles after a 17th century Venetian glass design, painted with flowers and foliage and the necks with birds perched on branches, 24.7cm high (2); minor fritting and firing cracks on handles

Provenance: Private collection purchased: Geoffrey Waters, London, December 2004

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions. Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art, Tuesday 17 May 2016