and Ginger Jars
Chinese, 19th/20th century: happiness vase with two dragon handles, Buddhist symbols at neck, baluster body with alternating panels of phoenixes, flowers and happiness symbols, landscape verso, unglazed base, unmarked, 17-1/2 in., [hairline crack from rim into neck, minor firing flaws;] two pairs covered happiness ginger jars: one pair with calligraphy-decorated ceramic lids, 9-1/2 in., [one with chip to foot and retains original export seal, the other with roughness and minor chip to foot and small hairline,] the other pair with carved wooden covers, 9-3/4 in., [both with minor foot chips and retaining original export seal, one with glaze piting and neck rim flaw] . Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip McDonald, Trinity, North Carolina