A small pair of slip-decorated Yixing bottle vases and a rare Yixing thumb ring
19th centuryEach vase with a compressed globular body rising to a tall waisted neck, the exterior decorated with vigorously painted floral sprays in a buff coloured slip; the cylindrical thumb ring formed from purple clay, zisha, and with a lighter band to the exterior.The vases each: 10cm (4in) high (3).