A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASES

YONGZHENG 1723-35

Each with an ovoid tapering body painted with colourful enamels and gilt, with three ladies by a blossoming tree gazing at two phoenix descending into their garden, with bands of shaped cartouches containing crabs, fish and crustacea against a diaper ground, and further floral bands to the shoulder and the foot, 34.5cm. (2)

Provenance: from an English private collection formed in the 1970s and 1980s.