A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE TWO-HANDLED BALUSTER VASES ADAPTED AS LAMPS(2)
Late 19th century
Set with dragon moulded handles, painted with panels of figures at leisure and smaller panels of birds in branches, against a grey stippled ground enamelled with leaves, the shoulders with a band of birds in flowering branches, gilt wood stands, vases only 64cm high
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£1,000 - £1,500
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Hammer price:
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£1,200 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Drilled holes to bases for electricity. One vase with a chip around the rim, approx. 5cm length by 1cm at deepest point.Also a minor glaze chip and firing crack to the rim. Some claws lacking to both dragons on the handle. Minor wear to the enamels. The other vase with a fine haircrack to the rim, approx. 2cm length. One dragon is lacking two claws.Minor overall wear to the enamels