Raised on four short feet, the jardinieres with slightly flaring sides and a wider flared rim, painted on each side with the eight Buddhist animals, below a ruyi-head border and above a stylized key fret band with at the centre a reserve, the base pierced with a wide drainage hole. In good conditions, minor wears on the surface and minor firing imperfections, a flake of 1 cm ca. on the mouth rim of one jardiniere.20 cm wide, 17 cm highA PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SQUARED JARDINIERES, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY (2)Provenance: from the private collection of an Italian noble lady and thence by descentPurchased at Marion Hammer Gallery, Lugano (CH), in 1983, previously part of a private collection Marino di Adda, RomeExport License available