A pair of famille rose baluster vases and covers
Qianlong
Colourfully enamelled with two large cartouches framed by a slightly-raised acanthus scroll enclosing a hunter pointing a rifle at a bird and a lady caressing a man smoking a pipe within a mountainous river landscape, the reverse with a lady smoking a pipe beside a boy and a man within a similar landscape, alternating with smaller leaf-shaped cartouches enclosing birds perched on trees and similarly on the cover, all reserved on a honeycomb diaper ground with underglaze blue floral sprays.
47.6cm (18¾in) high. (4).
Colourfully enamelled with two large cartouches framed by a slightly-raised acanthus scroll enclosing a hunter pointing a rifle at a bird and a lady caressing a man smoking a pipe within a mountainous river landscape, the reverse with a lady smoking a pipe beside a boy and a man within a similar landscape, alternating with smaller leaf-shaped cartouches enclosing birds perched on trees and similarly on the cover, all reserved on a honeycomb diaper ground with underglaze blue floral sprays.
47.6cm (18¾in) high. (4).
Sold for
£8,400
inc. premium
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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