A group of Chinese blue & white porcelain vases, 18th & 19th century, comprising an 18th century miniature vase, painted with a bird upon tree above rockwork and peony14cm, a pair of pagoda landscape vases and covers, a lotus flower and leaf vase, a vase painted with two boys either side of a vase and cover, all with pseudo four character Kangxi marks, and a miniature vase painted with birds, butterflies and flowers, tallest 17cm, smallest 13cm

Condition Report

The 18th century vase has a 1cm hairline crack on the rim. One of the pair of vases has a cover that has broken in two and glued together, leaving some small rim chips, and one vase has a 2cm long x 2cm deep section broken out of the neck and glued, otherwise in good condition. The other cover has small rim chips and a glaze chip on the temple dog.. The flower & leaf vase has a fine hairline crack issuing from a bruise on the rim continuing almost halfway down the body of the vase, otherwise no further faults. The largest vase has sectional breaks on the neck which have been restored, but the cracks ar visible, the remainder of the vase is in good order. The smallest vase appears to be free from any obvious faults.