Pair of powder-blue and blue-and-white porcelain vases, China, 18th century, converted into incense burners in Europe The bottle-shaped vases with powder-blue bases feature blue-enameled decoration consisting of four quatrefoil-shaped reserves adorned with various scholar’s objects and symbols of good fortune (bitong, books, incense set, board game, vases, scrolls, ruyi scepter, etc.). Three small medallions featuring a butterfly decorate a slight bulge located in the middle of the necks. The vases were mounted with a copper alloy in Europe to form incense burners. They rest on a tripod base, and the ringed necks are fitted with small openwork lids. Height: 27.5 cm Provenance: Ternant Castle.