the bulbous body decorated with sprays of flowerheads and petals, the metal mounts with beaded borders, the domed cover surmounted by a foliate finial, hairline crack, 9cm high; a Chinese blue and white jar, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, 1662-1722, the ovoid body decorated with a continuous spray of lotus leaves, short neck with everted rim, pseudo underglaze-blue six-character Chenghua mark, rim reduced, 10,4cm high; and a Chinese blue and white two-handled vase, Hu, Ming Dynasty, 17th/18th century, the arrow-shaped vase decorated with a continuous band of lotus blooms between spearhead and scroll borders, the shoulders with stiff-leaf decoration and applied with tubular bamboo-form handles, rivetted and restored, lacking one handle, 14,2cm high