Lot 670
670
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER

Details
A FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
18TH CENTURY

Painted with two long-tailed birds standing on prunus branches above chrysanthemum, daisies and rockwork, the reverse side with butterflies above flower sprays, all below a pink-ground, ruyi-shaped floral collar at the shoulder, the cover with a seated lion finial (restored) 28½in. (72.3cm) high

Lot Essay

A smaller example, dated to the Qianlong period, with very similar decoration, from the collection of The Hon. Mrs. Ronald Greville, is illustrated by George C. Williamson in The Book of Famille Rose, London, pl. LVII