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A LARGE PAIR OF EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE HEXAGONAL VASES

19TH CENTURY

Each vase has six sides and a tapering neck set with a pair of handles in the form of playful

Buddhist lion dogs. The vases are decorated overall with numerous applied auspicious

antiques and objects, such as censers, bowls of peaches, ribbon-tied musical instruments

and potted plants. All of these objects are richly enameled, while the neck has a black foral

border.

23 ¿ in. (58.7 cm.) high (2)

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:

With Cohen & Cohen, London.
The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas, Texas.

清十九世紀 外銷粉彩堆塑博古紋六方瓶一對

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