Asian Art I - 17th May 2016
Lot 269
A MASSIVE PAIR OF CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE VASES 19TH CENTURY Typically enamelled with panels...
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £7500
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A MASSIVE PAIR OF CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE VASES
19TH CENTURY
Typically enamelled with panels of figures engaged in courtly duties, reserved on dense grounds of fruiting and flowering sprays, with phoenix, butterflies and other insects, the foot with a band of formal lappets, moulded to the shoulders with gilt dragons, the handles formed from further pairs of iron-red dragons, 77.5cm. (2)