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A CANTONESE BALUSTER VASE
WITH WIDELY FLARING NECK AND PIERCED GUEI DRAGON HANDLES, PAINTED AND GILT WITH A PANEL DEPICTING THREE BEARDED IMMORTALS RIDING ON THE BACKS OF MYTHICAL BEASTS WADING THROUGH A RIVER TOWARDS A TERRACED BUILDING, FURTHER IMMORTALS WATCHING ON AND APPROACHING AN OFFICIAL SEATED AT A TABLE, THE REVERSE WITH A SIMILAR SCENE WITH A FIGURE IN A PALANQUIN AND FIGURE ON HORSEBACK APPROACHING A WALLED PAVILION, ALL ON A GROUND OF SMALLER PANELS AND BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES AMONGST DENSE FLOWERS AND LEAVES -- 24¾IN. (63CM.) HIGH.
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WITH WIDELY FLARING NECK AND PIERCED GUEI DRAGON HANDLES, PAINTED AND GILT WITH A PANEL DEPICTING THREE BEARDED IMMORTALS RIDING ON THE BACKS OF MYTHICAL BEASTS WADING THROUGH A RIVER TOWARDS A TERRACED BUILDING, FURTHER IMMORTALS WATCHING ON AND APPROACHING AN OFFICIAL SEATED AT A TABLE, THE REVERSE WITH A SIMILAR SCENE WITH A FIGURE IN A PALANQUIN AND FIGURE ON HORSEBACK APPROACHING A WALLED PAVILION, ALL ON A GROUND OF SMALLER PANELS AND BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES AMONGST DENSE FLOWERS AND LEAVES -- 24¾IN. (63CM.) HIGH.
SEE COLOUR PLATE.