A PAIR OF IMARI VASES AND COVERS decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with panels of karashishi among rockwork the shoulders with sarique the domed covers with karashishi finials (some old damage), late 17th Century

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A PAIR OF IMARI VASES AND COVERS decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with panels of karashishi among rockwork the shoulders with sarique the domed covers with karashishi finials (some old damage), late 17th Century
65cm. high (2)
Provenance
Lord Auckland

Lot Essay

These vases were probably brought back to Europe by the 2nd Baron Auckland Governor General of India 1835-1841 and First Lord of the Admiralty 1834-1835
cf. Rulers of India The Earl of Auckland by Capt. L.J. Trotter Oxford 1893
Golden Interlude, The Edens in India 1836-1842 Janet Dunbar London 1955.

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