A PAIR OF SAMSON FAMILLE VERTE 'LION DOGS' BOTTLE VASES

19TH CENTURY

Each painted to the exterior with lion dogs playing with brocade balls in a landscape, with bands of scrolling flowerheads and ruyi-heads to the shoulders, each surmounted by a tall slender neck, with bands of diaper encircling the gently flared rims, raised on ormolu stands, 43cm excluding stands, 48.5cm overall max. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of the 8th Lord Abinger, Inverlocky Castle.

Cf. C J A Jörg, Famille Verte: Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamels, p.43, no.33 for an 18th century Chinese bottle vase with a similar design in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.