Lot 674. Two soft paste blue and white vases, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Estimate 12,000 — 18,000, USD. Lot sold 10,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

each of elongated ovoid form rising to a short waisted neck and painted with gnarled twin pine trees growing beside rockwork and leafy bamboo, one with a moon emerging from mist in the distance (2). Height of taller 8 7/8  in., 22.5 cm

Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), no. 46, and thence by descent.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hoover (1907-1993), no. 216.
Chait Galleries, New York.
Collection of Benno Schmidt, Sr, and thence by descent.