19TH-20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE MASSIVE VASES
19TH-20TH CENTURY
Each brightly enamelled in mirror image with scenes from 'The Dream of the Red Mansion' (Hong Lou Meng) depicting a young man, Baoyu Jia, and female attendants on a pavilion terrace on one side, and in a garden on the other, the necks with female immortals and scholars
35 3/5 in. (91 cm.) high, wood stands

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Lot Essay

The very lengthy novel 'The Dream of the Red Mansion' by Cao Xueqin (1715-1763), has been very popular in China from the late 18th Century, when it was published, right up to the present day, and is loosely based on events experienced by the author.

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