Details
The first, a 'garlic-head' vase, is flanked on the shoulder by a pair of monster-mask and fixed-ring handles, and is covered overall with a green glaze; the second, a bottle vase, is decorated on the body and neck with bow-string bands, and is covered overall with a turquoise glaze splashed with blue.
634 in. (17 cm.) high; 8 in. (20.1 cm.) high


Provenance
First:
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1926.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1926.

Second:
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1925.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1925.

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