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CIRCA 1785
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AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF 'MANDARIN PALETTE' VASES
Circa 1785
The bodies deeply carved and decorated in high relief on each side with the facade of a nobleman's house, a pair of figures on the steps before the front door and figures visible in three windows, fruiting grapevine trailing over the roofline, the vase handles in the form of further figures standing on mythical beast heads, now mounted as lamps
14¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high, the porcelain (2)
Circa 1785
The bodies deeply carved and decorated in high relief on each side with the facade of a nobleman's house, a pair of figures on the steps before the front door and figures visible in three windows, fruiting grapevine trailing over the roofline, the vase handles in the form of further figures standing on mythical beast heads, now mounted as lamps
14¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high, the porcelain (2)