A pair of famille rose enameled porcelain vases
Qianlong marks, Late Qing/Republic Period
The bodies of inverted pear shape atop cylindrical bases, surmounted by waisted necks and supporting molded beast-head mock ring handles at the shoulders, the sides intricately decorated with continuous figural tableaux depicting a panoply of Daoist deities including the Eight Immortals, Shoulao, Magu, the Hehe Erxian, and the three Stars of Happiness all between a yellow vine and lotus ground and supported by thick foot rings encircling deeply recessed bases covered in a clear glaze and bearing the six-character marks in underglaze blue seal script (minor chip to rim of one vase).
24in (41cm) high
The bodies of inverted pear shape atop cylindrical bases, surmounted by waisted necks and supporting molded beast-head mock ring handles at the shoulders, the sides intricately decorated with continuous figural tableaux depicting a panoply of Daoist deities including the Eight Immortals, Shoulao, Magu, the Hehe Erxian, and the three Stars of Happiness all between a yellow vine and lotus ground and supported by thick foot rings encircling deeply recessed bases covered in a clear glaze and bearing the six-character marks in underglaze blue seal script (minor chip to rim of one vase).
24in (41cm) high
Sold for
US$ 74,500
inc. premium
Lot heading
Property from a Private Seattle, Washington Collector
Category: Asian Art
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