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A PAIR OF LARGE CANTONESE CELADON GROUND VASES
WITH WIDELY FLARING NECKS AND STYLISED GUEI DRAGON HANDLES, PAINTED AND GILT WITH NUMEROUS BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES IN FLIGHT AMONGST PRECIOUS OBJECTS AND DENSE FLOWER AND FRUIT SPRAYS, ALL WITHIN BANDS OF CONFRONTING DRAGONS CHASING FLAMING PEARLS AMONGST CLOUD SCROLLS, THE SHOULDERS WITH SCROLL SHAPED PANELS OF STYLISED SHOU-CHARACTERS, THE NECKS WITH SHAPED CARTOUCHES TIED WITH RIBBONS, THE CARTOUCHES ON ONE VASE EACH CONTAINING FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS -- 51¾IN. (131.5CM.) HIGH, 19TH CENTURY, (ONE SLIGHTLY DAMAGED).
SEE COLOUR PLATE 76. (2)
WITH WIDELY FLARING NECKS AND STYLISED GUEI DRAGON HANDLES, PAINTED AND GILT WITH NUMEROUS BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES IN FLIGHT AMONGST PRECIOUS OBJECTS AND DENSE FLOWER AND FRUIT SPRAYS, ALL WITHIN BANDS OF CONFRONTING DRAGONS CHASING FLAMING PEARLS AMONGST CLOUD SCROLLS, THE SHOULDERS WITH SCROLL SHAPED PANELS OF STYLISED SHOU-CHARACTERS, THE NECKS WITH SHAPED CARTOUCHES TIED WITH RIBBONS, THE CARTOUCHES ON ONE VASE EACH CONTAINING FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS -- 51¾IN. (131.5CM.) HIGH, 19TH CENTURY, (ONE SLIGHTLY DAMAGED).
SEE COLOUR PLATE 76. (2)
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