(3) Large Chinese blue and white vases, Qing Dynasty (19th c.), underglaze decorated porcelain, two baluster vases, one with dragon handles and one lidded with foo dog finial, both decorated with flowers, and one rouleau vase, with painted panels depicting courtly domestic scenes, blue underglaze four character mark to underside, 18"h x 8"dia (smallest) 19"h x 9"dia (largest)

Provenance: From the Collection of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw

Notes/Literature: Art dealer, connoisseur, and philanthropist Eugene Victor Thaw (1927-2018) was widely considered to be among the world's greatest collectors of European master drawings, French Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and an early advocate of the American Abstract Expressionists. One of the most respected art dealers of his day, he is credited with placing hundreds of major works into museums around the world, and was the founding member and past president of the Art Dealers Association of America.

Fair/Poor, multiple old repairs to baluster vases, spider hairline on interior neck of rouleau vase that continue to exterior of outer rim, a few glaze chips on vase foot, scattered firing imperfections on glaze surface