O4/1127
A PAIR OF VASES
China,
Republic Era (1920-1930)
Two porcelain pear-shaped vases with thin, funnel-widened neck on low foot. Color enamel painted man`s figure with inscription: 吴越钱武肃王 , Qian Liu (852-932), warlord of the late Tang dynasty. Empress Wu Zetian (624-705), inscription: 偽周皇帝武璺 . Longer inscriptions are from album 南陵无双谱 by Jin Guliang with historical figures from 1694. With wooden stands. Condition A-B.