REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE SQUARE-FORM VASES
REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)
Each vase is decorated to the exterior on each side of the body with various landscape scenes and birds. The necks are applied with two elephant-head handles.
12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

It is interesting to note that one side of one vase is painted with a scene which imitates the early 18th century painting The Pine, Hawk and Glossy Ganoderma by the well-known Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766). This painting is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing and is illustrated in China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795, London: Royal Academy, 2005, p. 183, no. 79.

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