THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAIR OF MASSIVE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASES
19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF MASSIVE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASES
19th century
Each applied with two gilt dragon handles at the waisted neck and a further four around the shoulder, enamelled around the body, neck and foliate rim with peach-shaped panels enclosing figures in various court and scholarly scenes and birds and insects amongst fruiting and flowering branches, all reserved on a scroll ground embellished with butterflies and peony blossoms, the shoulder with foliate cartouches enclosing birds amidst flowering branches reserved on a flower-head and cell-pattern band, small chips to handles of one
35in. (89cm.) high, wood and marble stands (2)
19th century
Each applied with two gilt dragon handles at the waisted neck and a further four around the shoulder, enamelled around the body, neck and foliate rim with peach-shaped panels enclosing figures in various court and scholarly scenes and birds and insects amongst fruiting and flowering branches, all reserved on a scroll ground embellished with butterflies and peony blossoms, the shoulder with foliate cartouches enclosing birds amidst flowering branches reserved on a flower-head and cell-pattern band, small chips to handles of one
35in. (89cm.) high, wood and marble stands (2)