A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE SLENDER OVIFORM VASES moulded with lions' mask and fixed ring handles, painted by Po Hing in the Cantonese style with pairs of figures, including a musical scene and a woman writing, the reverses with objects and flowers on matt gilt 'cracked ice' grounds, the narrow waisted necks painted with pink flowers on turquoise bands trimmed in blue, on pierced feet (some wear to gilding and blue enamel), Chinese characters in iron-red, brown printed marks and date codes for 1869

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE SLENDER OVIFORM VASES moulded with lions' mask and fixed ring handles, painted by Po Hing in the Cantonese style with pairs of figures, including a musical scene and a woman writing, the reverses with objects and flowers on matt gilt 'cracked ice' grounds, the narrow waisted necks painted with pink flowers on turquoise bands trimmed in blue, on pierced feet (some wear to gilding and blue enamel), Chinese characters in iron-red, brown printed marks and date codes for 1869
6¼in. (15.7cm.) high (2)

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Po-Hing is thought to have been a Cantonese painter who worked at the factory and who painted in his vernacular style

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