A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE INSCRIBED GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GROUND VASES
19TH CENTURY
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A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE INSCRIBED GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GROUND VASES
19TH CENTURY
Of rectangular baluster form with zoomorphic handles, gilt on each side with a pavilion and inscribed with numerous poetic lines
21 in. (53.5 cm.) high
拍品專文
The inscriptions are extracts from the famous text entitled `Teng Wang Ge Xu', which may be translated as `Preface to the Teng Wang Pavilion'. It was composed by the Tang dynasty (AD 616 - 906) poet Wang Bo.