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A FAMILLE ROSE FIVE-PIECE MANTEL GARNITURE
CIRCA 1750
Comprising a pair of gu-shaped vases and three quadrangular vases, one with cover, each piece painted with four scenes from the Romance of the Western Chamber, one showing the fiance scaling the garden wall and another with him peering into a latticed window, the pink diaper pattern borders dotted with flowerheads (one gu vase restored, one quadrangular vase restored and another with rim repair, cover restored, frits)--10¼in. (26cm.) high (5)
CIRCA 1750
Comprising a pair of gu-shaped vases and three quadrangular vases, one with cover, each piece painted with four scenes from the Romance of the Western Chamber, one showing the fiance scaling the garden wall and another with him peering into a latticed window, the pink diaper pattern borders dotted with flowerheads (one gu vase restored, one quadrangular vase restored and another with rim repair, cover restored, frits)--10¼in. (26cm.) high (5)