18TH/19TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL FAMILLE VERTE SQUARE VASE AND STAND
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The tall vase decorated on each side with cranes in flight amidst clouds reserved on a green ground above and below panels alternately applied with fruiting peach branches and square shou character plaques, the separate base decorated with similar motifs and molded ruyi heads
18 1/16 in. (45.9 cm.) high overall

Lot Essay

For a pair of similar vases with their matching pierced hollow pedestals see, E. Gorer and J.F. Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, vol. I, London, 1911, pl. 46. A similar vase, but without its stand, was sold in these rooms, 30 March 2005, lot 407.

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