A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN HEXAGONAL VASES AND COVERS

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN HEXAGONAL VASES AND COVERS
QIANLONG

Each divided into six panels well painted with various figures involved in domestic scenes with mountainous landscapes executed in sepia in the distance, within gilt dragon-scroll borders and contained within raised bamboo-molded borders clobbered with bamboo designs, the shoulder and domed cover decorated in underglaze blue and enamels with blossoms scattered amidst dense gilt foliate scroll, the whole surmounted by a fu-lion finial, raised on an ormolu base and with an ormolu mount at the mouth rim, one restored--24 1/4 in. (61.5cm.) high (2)